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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Squash bugs.
9. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
15. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
19. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
20. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
33. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
37. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. Jordan's port.
51. Make lighter or brighter.
54. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
55. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
56. A thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric.
59. To fix or set securely or deeply.
62. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
63. In bed.
65. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
66. An informal term for a father.
67. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
68. A master's degree in library science.
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1. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
2. A person who gives a name or names.
3. A Dardic language spoken in northern Kashmir.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
11. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
17. Hear or try a court case anew.
21. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
23. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
25. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
27. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. Fallow deer.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
38. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
42. A city and port in northern Jutland.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. English financier (1519-1579).
45. A female domestic.
49. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
50. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
53. A city in central New York.
57. Great in vertical dimension.
58. Armor plate that protects the chest.
60. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
61. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
64. Being five more than one hundred.
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