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1. The month following March and preceding May.
4. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
9. Young sheep.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
15. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
16. A person's brother or sister.
17. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
18. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
19. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
21. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
29. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
33. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
36. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
37. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
39. Affect with wonder.
41. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
43. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
44. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
46. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
53. Unknown god.
56. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
58. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
61. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
62. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
2. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
3. A ribbon used as a decoration.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
6. A primeval personification of air and breath.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
9. Type genus of the family Lycosidae.
10. (Roman mythology) God of love.
11. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
12. A small nail.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
22. Indigo bush.
24. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
25. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
27. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. City in Sudan.
31. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
32. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
38. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
40. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
48. Jordan's port.
50. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
51. An unofficial association of people or groups.
52. God of death.
54. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
55. Cry plaintively.
57. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A light touch or stroke.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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