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1. An informal term for a father.
4. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
10. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
15. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
27. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
37. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
41. Step on it.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
51. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
54. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
55. Waterproofed canvas.
56. A doctor's degree in music.
59. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
61. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
63. (British) Your grandmother.
64. A feeling of intense anger.
65. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. A state in the eastern United States.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. Gather, as of as crops.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
9. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. Before noon.
22. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
24. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. Being one more than twelve.
29. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
30. Squash bugs.
31. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
39. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
44. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
45. Having help.
46. A resort city in western Florida.
48. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
57. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
58. A chronic drinker.
62. A state in New England.
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