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1. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
18. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
19. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
20. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
23. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
35. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A doctor's degree in education.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
44. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
47. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
50. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
51. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
52. Walks with regular or stately step.
55. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
56. Being nine more than ninety.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
61. A human female who does housework.
62. God of love and erotic desire.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. Moderate in type or degree or effect or force.
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1. A group of countries in special alliance.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
4. A region on the Black Sea south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. God of wealth and love.
9. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
10. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
11. A share of something.
12. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
17. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
21. A resource.
22. Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship.
24. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. A boy or man.
27. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
28. Wearing or provided with clothing.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking.
39. A share of something.
42. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
43. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
46. Beet lacking swollen root.
48. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
49. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
54. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
56. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
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