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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A kind of polyester fabric.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
18. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
23. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
25. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
26. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
28. A French abbot.
32. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
43. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
45. An argument opposed to a proposal.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A city in northwestern Syria.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
59. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
60. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
61. Take in solid food.
62. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
63. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
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1. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
2. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
3. Offering little or no hope.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
7. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
8. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
9. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
24. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
31. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
33. Black tropical American cuckoo.
34. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
39. On, to, or at the top.
41. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
42. Used of locations.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
45. Not out.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. Indicating the most important performer or role.
52. Common Indian weaverbird.
53. Hit hard.
55. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
56. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
57. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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