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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
10. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
15. Informal terms for the mouth.
16. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
18. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
20. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
22. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. English essayist (1775-1834).
27. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
29. A state in southeastern United States.
34. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
37. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
38. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
39. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
41. A bottle with a stopper.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
45. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
59. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
62. A genus of Indriidae.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
66. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
2. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
3. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
4. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
7. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
10. The eighth month of the civil year.
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
21. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
23. Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Slightly open.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. An elaborate song for solo voice.
32. The bill in a restaurant.
33. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
40. Jordan's port.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
43. Of or relating to Fabianism.
46. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Jordan's port.
51. In bed.
54. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
57. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
58. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
60. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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