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1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. God of the earth.
14. Wool of the alpaca.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
18. A state of agitated irritation.
19. The airforce of Great Britain.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
24. A large fleet.
26. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
27. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
33. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
39. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
41. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
42. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
43. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
44. Range of what one can know or understand.
46. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
50. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
54. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. A bachelor's degree in theology.
64. Oblong cream puff.
65. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
66. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
67. As of a conifer.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
3. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
7. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
8. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A city in northern India.
11. The act of scanning.
12. The handle of a weapon or tool.
17. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
23. The food served and eaten at one time.
25. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
28. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
29. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
30. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. An associate degree in applied science.
34. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
35. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
37. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
40. A city in east central Texas.
45. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
47. A British doctorate.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
53. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Offering fun and gaiety.
59. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
61. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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