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1. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
4. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
9. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
13. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
14. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
15. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
16. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
20. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
23. Fallow deer.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. Divulge information or secrets.
32. A large fleet.
35. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Loss of the ability to swallow.
41. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
43. Water frozen in the solid state.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
53. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
57. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
60. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
61. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
62. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
64. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
65. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
2. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
3. Covered with paving material.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
9. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
10. Little known Kamarupan languages.
11. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. A state in the western United States.
17. Jordan's port.
21. Before noon.
22. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
24. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
29. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
30. Type genus of the Amiidae.
31. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
45. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
52. Denuded of leaves.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
55. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
58. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
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