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1. Possessing material wealth.
5. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Not only so, but.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. (New Testament) Supposed brother of St James.
17. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
18. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
19. 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.
21. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
23. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
31. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
36. 10 grams.
37. Lower in esteem.
40. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
41. A strong emotion.
42. Of or like a cecum.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
47. A light touch or stroke.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
57. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
63. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
3. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
4. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
5. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
6. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
9. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
12. A primeval personification of air and breath.
20. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
22. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A cloth having a crisscross design.
28. A master's degree in religion.
29. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
30. Advanced in years.
32. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
33. Related to or located at the back.
34. A radioactive transuranic element.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
40. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
55. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
59. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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