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1. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
9. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
13. Used of a single unit or thing.
14. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
15. Not widely known.
16. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
17. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
18. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
19. An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element.
21. Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
38. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
39. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Of or relating to or involving an area.
43. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. A notice of someone's death.
50. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix.
54. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
56. The superior of a group of nuns.
57. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
58. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
61. A city in northwestern Syria.
62. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
64. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
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1. (informal) Very bad.
2. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
3. A domain in which something is dominant.
4. Russian anarchist.
5. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
6. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
7. A drama set to music.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A large fleet.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
11. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
12. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
20. Foul with waste matter.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language.
27. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
37. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
38. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
42. A motley assortment of things.
44. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
47. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
48. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
49. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
51. Have confidence or faith in.
52. A person who makes use of a thing.
53. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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