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1. Not reflecting light.
4. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
10. A bachelor's degree in theology.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. 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.
15. An affirmative.
16. A loose cloak with a hood.
19. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
23. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
30. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
33. Spread or daub over.
34. (British) Your grandmother.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
37. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
47. Of or relating to the palm of the hand.
49. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
52. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
55. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
56. An accidental happening.
58. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe v 1.
59. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
62. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
63. Bright and pleasant.
64. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
65. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
5. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
6. A small nail.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
9. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
10. Someone new to a field or activity.
11. Heal or recover.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
18. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
28. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
32. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
38. Old fashioned airplane.
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
41. Heal or recover.
42. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
46. American pioneer photographer famous for his portraits.
48. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. An elaborate song for solo voice.
54. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
57. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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