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1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
5. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
10. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
13. The income arising from land or other property.
14. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. The distinctive spirit of a people or an era.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. A formal expression of praise.
21. French philosopher and theologian.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
29. A light touch or stroke.
34. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
38. Of or involving the ovaries.
40. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
43. Lower in esteem.
45. A master's degree in fine arts.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. 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.
62. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
63. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
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1. On, to, or at the top.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
6. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Typical geese.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
27. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
28. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
32. By bad luck.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
35. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. Jordan's port.
39. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. Jordan's port.
48. A city in northern India.
49. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
50. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
51. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
52. Indicating the most important performer or role.
53. Common Indian weaverbird.
54. Hit hard.
56. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
57. The foot of a human being.
58. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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