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1. The bill in a restaurant.
4. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
10. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. English natural scientist whose `On the Origin of Species' formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).
15. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
16. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
17. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
18. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
19. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
28. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
39. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. A master's degree in business.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
54. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
57. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. A container.
62. A housing for a radar antenna.
64. A light touch or stroke.
65. Take in solid food.
66. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
2. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
3. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
4. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
5. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
6. Indicating the most important performer or role.
7. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
8. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
9. Black tropical American cuckoo.
10. The state capital of Alaska.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
20. A slender double-reed instrument.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
30. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
37. (heraldry) In walking position with right foreleg raised.
38. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
47. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
49. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
52. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
53. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
58. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
59. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
63. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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