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1. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
4. The capital of Nationalist China.
10. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
14. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
15. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
16. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
18. An expression of greeting.
20. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
21. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
23. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.
25. An honorary degree in science.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A doctor's degree in education.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. A fraudulent business scheme.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
45. An informal term for a father.
48. An unofficial association of people or groups.
50. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
52. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
56. Slanderous defamation.
59. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
60. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
61. Away from the mouth or oral region.
63. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. (of language) Transparently clear.
2. Remove from memory or existence.
3. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
4. A just detectable amount.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
7. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
8. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
9. A Greek island west of Greece.
10. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
11. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
12. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
17. Out of fashion.
19. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
28. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. 1/10 gram.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
40. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
41. Type genus of the Majidae.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
47. A state in northwestern North America.
49. A Mid-Atlantic state.
51. Type genus of the Amiidae.
53. The content of cognition.
54. Fallow deer.
55. An Asian river between China and Russia.
57. A unit of pain intensity.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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