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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
5. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
14. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
18. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
20. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
21. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
26. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
32. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
37. Upright in position or posture.
40. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
41. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
43. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
45. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
47. A fraudulent business scheme.
50. The cry made by sheep.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
56. An accidental happening.
60. The month following February and preceding April.
61. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
62. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
63. A master's degree in fine arts.
64. How long something has existed.
65. A republic in central Europe.
66. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A small drink of liquor.
8. 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.
9. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
10. Held back.
11. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
22. A member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. Someone new to a field or activity.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
35. An awkward stupid person.
36. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
38. The bill in a restaurant.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Island in West Indies.
44. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
46. A native-born Israeli.
47. That is to say.
48. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
50. A state in northwestern North America.
51. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
53. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
57. The month following August and preceding October.
58. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
59. A slight amount or degree of difference.
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