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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. Extremely pleasing.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. A Scottish church.
18. Top part of an apron.
19. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Of or at or relating to an anode.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A gray or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form.
31. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.
40. Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. 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.
54. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. An antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)) used to treat bacterial infections.
59. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
62. 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.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
65. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
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1. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
2. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
3. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. Set down according to a plan.
7. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
28. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
29. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
30. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
32. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
33. Material used to daub walls.
34. In bed.
39. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
41. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
43. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
46. Be in accord.
47. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
48. Come into existence.
49. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
51. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
60. A New England state.
61. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
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