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1. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
5. Wood of a sumac.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
14. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
15. Gone by.
16. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
18. Bred of parents not closely related.
20. An authoritative person who divines the future.
22. Treated with wax.
23. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
25. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
32. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
34. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
49. Of or in or relating to the nose.
53. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
55. Lower in esteem.
56. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
57. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
63. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
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1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
2. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
3. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
5. Conforming to truth.
6. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
7. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. Narrow platform.
10. United States comedian.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
17. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Being one more than one hundred.
26. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
27. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A deep bow.
41. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A genus of Pyralidae.
47. English essayist (1775-1834).
48. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
50. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
54. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
58. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
59. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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