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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. The basic unit of money in Macao.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. Serving as an essential component.
14. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
18. Flat tableland with steep edges.
19. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. The grasses.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
24. A passage with access only at one end.
26. Type genus of the Psophiidae.
30. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
33. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. Building material used as siding or roofing.
37. After noon.
38. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
40. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
42. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
44. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
46. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
48. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. Not out.
53. Lie adjacent to another.
56. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
63. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
64. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
66. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
67. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
68. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A large round wicker basket (used on farms).
2. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
3. 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.
4. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. Flat and uninspiring.
7. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
8. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
11. Type genus of the Ranidae.
12. By bad luck.
17. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
25. Capital of modern Macedonia.
27. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A genus of Paridae.
42. Flat and uninspiring.
43. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
44. Type genus of the Ranidae.
45. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
47. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
48. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
49. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
62. Not reflecting light.
65. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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