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1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
4. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
10. A shape that sags.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. Omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Sour or bitter in taste.
19. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
22. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
29. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
34. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
35. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
41. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
47. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
50. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
53. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
56. An enclosed space.
57. Lacking self-confidence.
58. A port city in southwestern Iran.
60. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
61. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
62. A city of southeastern Mexico.
63. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Hit hard.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
4. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
5. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
6. Water frozen in the solid state.
7. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
8. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
9. Not out.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
12. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
18. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
23. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
24. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
26. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
27. A French abbot.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
36. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast.
37. A region in central Italy.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
44. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
46. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
48. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
49. Common Indian weaverbird.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. The highest level or degree attainable.
54. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
55. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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