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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
9. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
13. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
14. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
15. Female equine animal.
16. Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
19. Submerged freshwater perennials.
20. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
21. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
24. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. Turn pale, as if in fear.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
38. A blind god.
40. Roman emperor and adoptive son of Nerva.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
45. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
49. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
52. A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide.
54. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).
56. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
59. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
60. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
61. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
2. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
3. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
4. Punished by the imposition of a penalty.
5. State in northeastern India.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
12. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
17. Someone whose business is advertising.
18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
31. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
33. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
34. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
36. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
39. Loss of the ability to swallow.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. Having a sharply uneven surface or outline.
44. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
46. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
47. Indigo bush.
48. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
50. Large European dormouse.
51. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
53. Informal terms for a meal.
55. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
58. A radioactive transuranic element.
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