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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. A master's degree in business.
13. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
14. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
15. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
16. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
18. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
19. A shape that sags.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
23. The month following July and preceding September.
25. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
33. Make less active or intense.
37. Used of a single unit or thing.
38. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
40. The month following August and preceding October.
41. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
53. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
61. Compete for something.
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
64. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
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1. Baby bed with high sides.
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Any loose flowing garment.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. A loud utterance.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
11. Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
17. Jordan's port.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Type genus of the Ranidae.
28. On or toward the lee.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
34. The sign language used in the United States.
35. A police officer who investigates crimes.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
40. A loud utterance.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. Indigo bush.
49. Before noon.
51. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
52. Food for domestic livestock.
54. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
55. Type genus of the Amiidae.
56. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A decree that prohibits something.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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