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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. Elk or moose.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
14. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
18. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
20. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
21. Any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead.
22. Very large red gum tree.
24. The fatty flesh of eel.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
32. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
35. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
37. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
38. Free from dirt or impurities.
40. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
44. Cut down with an ax.
46. Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
47. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
49. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
53. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. An Asian temple.
61. The cry made by sheep.
62. The sixth day of the week.
63. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
64. A container.
65. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
2. An island northwest of Wales.
3. The top edge of a vessel.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
5. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. (botany) Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
8. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
9. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
10. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
11. Type genus of the Anatidae.
12. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
19. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. World's longest river (4187 miles).
27. Again but in a new or different way.
30. Being three more than fifty.
31. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
33. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
36. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
39. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
41. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
42. Using speech rather than writing.
43. The compass point midway between north and west.
45. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
48. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
50. A city in northern India.
51. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. A French abbot.
55. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
56. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
59. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
60. A young woman making her debut into society.
61. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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