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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Lower in esteem.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
15. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
16. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
18. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
19. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
20. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
23. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
24. The capital and largest city of Dominica.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
29. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
31. The square of a body of any size of type.
35. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
36. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
38. Widely separated especially in space.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
42. One thousand grams.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. Highly excited.
55. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
57. A primeval personification of air and breath.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. One of the common people.
62. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
63. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. The act of swimming.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. A white trivalent metallic element.
8. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
9. Situated at an apex.
10. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
11. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
12. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
17. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
25. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
27. Used in combination.
30. Offering fun and gaiety.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
37. Informal terms for clothing.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
39. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. Express gratitude or show appreciation to.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
49. God of the Underworld.
52. A British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. The bill in a restaurant.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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