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1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
4. The act of giving hope or support to someone.
9. The specified day of the month.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
15. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. Filled with a great quantity.
18. A sudden short attack.
19. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
24. Type genus of the Bramidae.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
28. The father of your father or mother.
31. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
41. A town in north central Oklahoma.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
46. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
55. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
58. A boy or man.
59. The products of human creativity.
60. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
62. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
63. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
65. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. A large number or amount.
2. Cry plaintively.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
7. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
8. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
12. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
20. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
22. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
25. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
27. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
29. Type genus of the Ranidae.
30. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
32. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
33. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
35. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
36. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
38. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
45. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
47. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
50. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The twelfth month of the civil year.
53. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. Before noon.
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