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1. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
13. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
14. Lower in esteem.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
18. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
20. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
22. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
23. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
24. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Not fake or counterfeit.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
44. A festival featuring African-American culture.
47. In bed.
48. A special way of doing something.
49. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
59. An affirmative.
60. A large fleet.
62. A master's degree in business.
63. The sign language used in the United States.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
3. Using speech rather than writing.
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.
5. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
9. Of or belonging to an aecium.
10. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
11. The content of cognition.
12. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
17. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
19. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
21. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
25. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
26. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. Rounded like an egg.
31. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. An occasion for excessive eating or drinking.
40. Advanced in years.
41. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
43. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
45. Commodities offered for sale.
46. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. The cry made by sheep.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
58. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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