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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
10. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
13. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
14. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A language of Australian aborigines.
19. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
23. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
25. Lack of sight.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
28. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
41. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
47. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
48. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
49. Jordan's port.
55. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
56. Something that is a source of danger.
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
61. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
62. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A woman of refinement.
2. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
3. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
4. The bill in a restaurant.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
7. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
8. A resource.
9. Conforming to truth.
10. A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep.
11. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
12. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
17. A sudden short attack.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
21. Dyed with henna.
22. Be seated.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
30. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
33. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. A small island.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. An Indic language.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
43. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
44. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
45. Capital of the state of South Dakota.
50. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
51. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. God of love and erotic desire.
57. An accidental happening.
58. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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