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1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling.
10. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
14. 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.
15. A resource.
16. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
17. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France.
18. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
19. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
21. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions.
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
33. A person forced to flee from home or country.
34. A boy or man.
37. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
38. A young woman making her debut into society.
40. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
53. United States architect (born in 1925).
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
62. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
63. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
64. Socialist who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895).
65. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
66. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
67. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
2. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
5. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
6. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
7. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
8. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
31. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
44. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Chromatic purity.
48. Water frozen in the solid state.
49. Of a tire.
50. A state in New England.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
54. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
55. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
56. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
57. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
58. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
61. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
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