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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
9. A recognizable kind.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. Person who does no work.
15. A stock exchange in New York.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
17. American Revolutionary patriot.
18. The state of owing money.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. (Babylonian) The sky god.
23. Treated with wax.
25. Jordan's port.
26. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
31. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
36. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
44. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
47. By bad luck.
51. An honorary arts degree.
54. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
61. The capital of Turkey.
63. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
64. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
5. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
6. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.
7. The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen.
8. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
9. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
10. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. Further or added.
20. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
27. God of death.
28. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
32. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
34. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
35. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
38. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
39. Capital and largest city of Italy.
40. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
41. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. The sixth month of the civil year.
50. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
56. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
58. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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