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1. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
5. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
13. The content of cognition.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
15. A city in northwestern Syria.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
18. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
19. 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.
21. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. An informal term for a father.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
38. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
42. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
43. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
47. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
51. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
55. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
56. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
63. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
5. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
6. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
7. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
8. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. By bad luck.
11. (British) Street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.
12. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
26. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Not genuine or real.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
32. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
34. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
36. Being of the age 13 through 19.
37. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
40. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
45. Being derived from.
46. Jordan's port.
47. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
48. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
49. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
50. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. (British) Your grandmother.
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