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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers.
10. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
17. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
19. 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.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Cause to lose one's nerve.
24. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
25. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
28. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
29. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
32. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
36. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
44. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
45. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
49. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
51. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
53. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
57. The act of drawing or hauling something.
58. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
61. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
62. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
64. On or toward the lee.
65. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
66. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
4. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
5. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
6. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
7. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
8. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago.
11. Having winglike extensions.
12. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
18. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
20. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. Being nine more than ninety.
33. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
40. Using speech rather than writing.
41. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. A decree that prohibits something.
46. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
47. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
48. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
50. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. Largest known toad species.
54. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. The cry made by sheep.
60. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
63. A state in northwestern North America.
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