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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
14. United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (born in 1904).
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A human limb.
17. A tributary of the Ohio River.
18. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Type genus of the Ranidae.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. Characteristic of false pride.
26. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
29. God of wealth and love.
33. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
36. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987).
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
43. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
44. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
49. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
52. Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. Cry weakly or softly.
61. Malicious burning to destroy property.
63. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
65. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
66. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Wild and menacing.
3. Young sheep.
4. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
5. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
6. A ribbon used as a decoration.
7. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
9. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. A genus of Indriidae.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
31. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
32. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
34. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
35. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
46. A telegram sent abroad.
47. A vigorous blow.
48. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
50. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
51. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
53. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
54. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
55. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
57. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
58. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
62. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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