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1. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
13. Take in solid food.
14. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
19. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
21. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
25. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
33. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
35. American pioneer and hero of the Texas Revolution (1796-1836).
37. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
39. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
40. (botany) Especially of leaves.
42. A Brazilian river.
44. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
46. An enclosed space.
47. Not only so, but.
50. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
62. Jordan's port.
63. By bad luck.
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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
2. A sharply directional antenna.
3. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
4. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
5. Affect with wonder.
6. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A bottle with a stopper.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
11. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
12. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. A book of the New Testament.
30. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
31. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
32. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A Loloish language.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. Indigo bush.
48. 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.
49. The highest level or degree attainable.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The food served and eaten at one time.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
56. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
57. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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