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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
5. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
10. An honorary degree in science.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape.
15. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
16. (prefix) Outside or outer.
17. Tropical Asian starlings.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
21. An officer of the law.
23. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A decree that prohibits something.
32. A small piece of cloth.
35. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.
40. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
54. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
58. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
65. A young woman making her debut into society.
66. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
67. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
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1. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
2. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
3. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Rate of revolution of a motor.
6. Having the same or similar characteristics.
7. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
12. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
20. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
22. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
27. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
30. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
31. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
38. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
39. Not only so, but.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
49. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. The girl friend of a gangster.
52. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
55. A light touch or stroke.
56. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
63. One million periods per second.
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