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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. An island northwest of Wales.
14. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
18. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. State in northeastern India.
24. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
25. An indistinct shapeless form.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. Lower in esteem.
39. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
40. A flexible container with a single opening.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
51. American dwarf fan palms.
53. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
54. Goddess of fortune.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
65. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. The basic unit of money in Albania.
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1. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
2. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
3. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A state in north central United States.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
10. By bad luck.
11. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
17. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Set down according to a plan.
31. A small island.
32. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Unknown god.
37. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
41. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
42. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
43. A native of ancient Troy.
45. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
46. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
48. Right-hand page.
49. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. Jordan's port.
55. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
56. Produced by a manufacturing process.
57. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
59. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
60. A master's degree in education.
61. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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