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1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
4. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
10. The capital and largest city of Japan.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. Relating to or near the radius.
15. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
19. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
21. Hurt or upset.
23. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.
26. A major god.
29. Being of the age 13 through 19.
30. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
37. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
39. A bachelor's degree in library science.
40. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. Not easy.
50. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. In the Roman calendar.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
59. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
60. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
61. Typical geese.
62. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. The capital of Switzerland.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
6. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
7. Being one more than two.
8. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
9. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
10. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
11. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
12. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
18. Consisting of or forming human or animal figures.
20. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
27. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
28. Slightly open.
31. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
32. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
33. An affirmative.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
38. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
39. Being one more than two.
41. A coterie of undesirable people.
42. Someone who abuses.
43. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. Indigo bush.
46. 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.
48. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
51. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
53. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
55. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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