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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
10. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Squash bugs.
18. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. Capital of modern Macedonia.
22. Lower in esteem.
24. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Violating principles of right and wrong.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
31. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
34. A large fleet.
36. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A doctor's degree in education.
40. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
44. A woman cowboy.
46. A particular environment or walk of life.
50. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
52. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
56. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
58. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
59. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
62. The longest division of geological time.
63. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
64. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
65. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
3. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
7. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
8. The fatty flesh of eel.
9. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
10. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
11. Type genus of the Anatidae.
12. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
17. Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
21. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
23. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
26. 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.
27. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
32. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
33. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
35. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
41. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
43. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
45. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Humble request for help.
54. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
55. A narrow way or road.
57. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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