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1. A master's degree in business.
4. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
9. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
13. An awkward stupid person.
14. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
15. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Enthusiastic approval.
18. The middle of the day.
19. Covered with paving material.
21. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. Ask for and get free.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
38. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
40. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
42. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
52. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
56. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
58. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
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1. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
7. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
9. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
10. Rounded like an egg.
11. A pointed projection.
12. Irish playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909).
20. A woman of refinement.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Make less active or intense.
28. Fallow deer.
29. By bad luck.
32. Cause to be embarrassed.
34. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
35. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
36. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
39. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
41. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
45. Excessively fat.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Squash bugs.
48. Indigo bush.
50. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
51. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
53. A town in north central Oklahoma.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
55. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
57. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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