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1. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
4. Jordan's port.
9. The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.
13. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
14. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
15. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
16. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
17. Showing deterioration from age.
18. A narrow way or road.
19. Largest known toad species.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
28. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
36. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
37. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
41. A young woman making her debut into society.
43. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
48. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A male relative.
55. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
59. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. The month following February and preceding April.
64. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
65. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. Give qualities or abilities to.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
5. Of or concerning Qatar.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
8. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
11. A native or inhabitant of Finland.
12. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
20. State in northeastern India.
22. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
24. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
30. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
33. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
34. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
40. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
42. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
44. A decree that prohibits something.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. Jordan's port.
49. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
52. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
58. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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