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1. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
5. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
9. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
13. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
14. A tube with a small bowl at one end.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
18. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. Singing jazz.
27. Cause to move back by force or influence.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A light touch or stroke.
35. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
36. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. 1/10 gram.
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Wild ginger.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. Not in action or at work.
57. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
58. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any.
60. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
61. A primeval personification of air and breath.
62. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
63. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
5. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
6. Widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
9. A tax toward paving streets.
10. A green transparent form of beryl.
11. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
12. African mahogany trees.
21. Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
22. A son who has the same first name as his father.
25. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A genus of Stromateidae.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. New Zealand conifer.
42. Lower in esteem.
43. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
45. First in order of importance.
46. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
47. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
49. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
52. (archaic) A fitting reward.
54. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
55. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
59. A heavy precious metallic element.
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