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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
10. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
15. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
16. The residue that remains when something is burned.
17. Lower in esteem.
19. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
21. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. An informal term for a father.
35. God of love and erotic desire.
38. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
40. Having two axes.
41. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
43. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
48. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
58. Fallow deer.
59. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
62. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
63. An associate degree in applied science.
64. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
65. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
8. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
9. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
10. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
11. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. An accountant certified by the state.
20. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. Before noon.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
33. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
34. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
37. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
46. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
47. English monk and scholar (672-735).
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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