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1. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
16. Social insect living in organized colonies.
18. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. (Greek mythology) Sea nymph who was a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
22. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
24. An informal term for a father.
27. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
30. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
33. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
35. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
36. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
39. 1/1000 gram.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
49. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
51. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
63. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
64. Given or having a specified name.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
2. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
3. Serving as or forming a base.
4. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
5. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
6. In bed.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. Capital of Swaziland.
11. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
12. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
17. A woman of refinement.
19. A fraudulent business scheme.
23. Type genus of the Anatidae.
25. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
29. A case for containing a set of articles.
31. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
32. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
34. Capital of Vanuatu.
37. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
38. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
40. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
43. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
46. A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
47. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Type genus of the Percidae.
52. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A French abbot.
57. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
58. How long something has existed.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
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