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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. A genus of Platalea.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
17. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
19. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
26. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
30. Jordan's port.
34. A rapid bustling commotion.
35. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
37. South African term for `boss'.
39. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
43. A large fleet.
45. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
46. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
48. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
52. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
55. With one layer on top of another.
57. Not only so, but.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
64. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
65. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
2. Make a plat of.
3. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
6. Slightly open.
7. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
8. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
9. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
10. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
11. Fallow deer.
12. A shaped mass of baked bread.
18. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
24. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
27. The sixth month of the civil year.
28. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A decree that prohibits something.
33. Make amends for.
38. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
40. Before noon.
41. A military dictatorship in North Africa on the Mediterranean.
42. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
49. Type genus of the Bramidae.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
61. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
62. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
63. A Russian river.
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