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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. A deep bow.
10. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
13. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
14. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.
18. Agitation resulting from active worry.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. Excessively fat.
24. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
26. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
27. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
29. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
33. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
39. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
46. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
58. Step on it.
60. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
61. A local computer network for communication between computers.
62. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
63. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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1. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
2. Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
3. (Phoenician) A fertility goddess.
4. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940).
7. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
11. By bad luck.
12. Especially one side of a leaf.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
21. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
23. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
32. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
50. Having little physical or spiritual strength.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
54. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
55. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
56. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
57. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
59. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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