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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
10. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
17. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
18. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
19. Jordan's port.
21. A branch of the Tai languages.
23. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
24. The capital city of Vietnam.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A genus of Ploceidae.
32. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
36. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
37. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A boy or man.
45. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A resource.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
2. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
7. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
8. Malicious burning to destroy property.
9. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
10. A quantity of no importance.
11. Divulge information or secrets.
12. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
20. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. The face of a timepiece.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
31. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
33. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
34. By bad luck.
35. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Type genus of the Bramidae.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
57. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
58. How long something has existed.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
63. A Russian river.
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