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1. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
5. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
10. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
13. A native American tent.
14. Excessively fat.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Chief port of Yemen.
17. A large number or amount.
19. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
21. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
33. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
35. A person afflicted with leprosy.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
40. Twist or braid together, interlace.
43. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
44. An awkward stupid person.
46. A domain in which something is dominant.
54. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
55. A three-tone Chadic language.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A genus of Mustelidae.
60. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
61. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
62. God of wealth and love.
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Indicating the most important performer or role.
2. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
5. A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
6. A port city in southwestern Iran.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. Heal or recover.
11. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
18. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
27. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
28. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. A beautiful and graceful girl.
32. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
34. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
36. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
39. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
41. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
46. Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted.
47. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
48. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
49. Make an etching of.
50. God of love and erotic desire.
51. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
52. In bed.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A small piece of cloth.
59. A Russian river.
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