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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. A woman of refinement.
10. A republic in central Europe.
13. Common Indian weaverbird.
14. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
17. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
23. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
25. Before noon.
27. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
36. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
39. Genus of North American spring wildflowers.
43. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
45. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
46. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
47. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
49. Conforming to truth.
50. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
53. Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.
58. A genus of Indriidae.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
62. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
64. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
65. The cry made by sheep.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
4. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
5. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
6. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
7. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A state in New England.
10. Loose or flaccid body fat.
11. Located in or toward the back or rear.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. Multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system.
29. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
34. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
35. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
37. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
41. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
42. An affirmative.
44. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
48. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
57. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
59. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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