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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
10. Having much flesh (especially fat).
13. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
14. A deep bow.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
19. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Avatar of Vishnu.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
39. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
41. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
42. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
43. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
47. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
50. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
58. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
59. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
63. A Loloish language.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Squash bugs.
2. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
5. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
10. Loose or flaccid body fat.
11. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
12. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
18. Divulge information or secrets.
20. Found along western Atlantic coast.
21. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
24. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
29. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. Adult female chicken.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
38. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. The ending of a series or sequence.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
51. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
53. (Roman mythology) God of love.
56. The quantity contained in a keg.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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