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1. A small amount (especially of a drink).
4. A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.
10. Inquire about.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
18. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
22. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
36. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
39. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
41. An accountant certified by the state.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
46. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
51. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
55. The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. An informal term for a father.
62. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. Involving two dimensions.
65. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
4. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
7. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
8. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
9. A deep bow.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A fraudulent business scheme.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
21. An ordered reference standard.
23. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
29. Young sheep.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
34. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A city in northern India.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
47. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
54. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
56. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
59. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
60. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
64. A radioactive transuranic element.
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