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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
14. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. French film maker influenced by surrealism.
18. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. The environmental condition.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
26. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
36. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
39. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
41. Talk pompously.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
48. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
52. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
54. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
56. A human limb.
57. Type genus of the Majidae.
60. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
62. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
63. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
64. The place where some action occurs.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
2. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
3. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
4. An athlete who plays basketball.
5. Using the voice.
6. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
27. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
28. Any of various units of capacity.
30. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
32. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A soft silvery metallic element.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
41. Found along western Atlantic coast.
43. God of death.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
47. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
53. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
55. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
58. The last (12th) month of the year.
59. A castrated tomcat.
61. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
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