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1. A trivial lie.
4. Separate by avulsion.
10. Extremely pleasing.
13. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
14. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
19. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
21. The face or front of a building.
23. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
25. The sixth month of the civil year.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
29. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
33. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
38. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
42. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
44. The body of people who lead a group.
45. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
47. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
48. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
51. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. An honorary degree in science.
62. A republic in central Europe.
63. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
64. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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1. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
2. Not in action or at work.
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. With rapid movements.
5. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
6. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
7. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
8. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
11. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
12. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. An informal term for a father.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
31. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
32. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
34. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
52. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
53. A city in northern India.
54. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
56. A person active in party politics.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
60. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
61. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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