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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. An act or expression of criticism and censure.
10. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
15. A pass between mountain peaks.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles.
23. An imperfection in a device or machine.
25. A decree that prohibits something.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. An affirmative.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
41. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
43. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
45. God of death.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. An informal term for a father.
51. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
53. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
57. Very close in friendship or affection.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
64. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
67. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
68. Take in solid food.
69. Short and fat.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Adorn or decorate with jewels.
7. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. A member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast.
12. By bad luck.
18. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
27. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
28. One who works hard at boring tasks.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. The face of a timepiece.
33. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
34. An informal term for a father.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Found along western Atlantic coast.
44. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. American Revolutionary patriot.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
52. A Russian river.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. A city in northern India.
55. Not reflecting light.
56. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
58. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
62. The bill in a restaurant.
65. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
66. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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