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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
5. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
13. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
14. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
15. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
16. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
18. Lacking a bib.
20. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
22. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
26. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
37. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast.
42. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
43. Extremely pleasing.
44. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
46. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
50. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
53. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
59. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
61. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
63. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
64. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
65. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
66. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
5. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
8. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
9. Ground snakes.
10. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
11. A city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.
12. Exalt to the skies.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. A small amount of residue.
28. A republic in western South America.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. A person forced to flee from home or country.
35. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
38. Being without physical aid.
39. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
40. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
41. Lower in esteem.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
49. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
51. In bed.
52. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
53. A state in northwestern North America.
54. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. Water frozen in the solid state.
58. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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