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1. An informal term for a father.
4. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
10. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
13. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
14. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
17. God of wealth and love.
19. Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns.
21. Cause aversion in.
23. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. Remove the bones from (an animal).
28. An honorary arts degree.
32. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
35. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
36. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
41. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
47. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
49. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
56. The cry made by sheep.
57. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.
60. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
61. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
62. Admit openly and bluntly.
64. Injured by bites or stings.
65. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. A French abbot.
3. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
4. Language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines.
5. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
6. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
8. Squash bugs.
9. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
11. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
12. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
18. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
20. Colloquial British abbreviation.
22. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
26. A very light brown.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
30. The act of scanning.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
38. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
39. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
45. An informal term for a father.
48. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
50. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
51. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
54. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
58. A toilet in England.
59. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
63. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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