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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
9. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
15. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
16. The sign language used in the United States.
17. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
18. A quantity of no importance.
19. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
21. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
23. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
25. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
32. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
45. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
49. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
53. A member of an ancient people living east of Babylonia as early as 4000 BC.
55. (Babylonian) The sky god.
56. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
58. A bachelor's degree in theology.
59. British informal term.
60. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
61. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Inquire about.
63. Gained or acquired.
64. The products of human creativity.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
4. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
5. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. Of a pale purple color.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
12. Something intended to deceive.
20. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
22. The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A feeling of intense anger.
27. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
29. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
30. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
31. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
35. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
38. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
39. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
40. Of a pale purple color.
41. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
44. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
46. Any bird of the genus Pitta.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. Any thick messy substance.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
57. A port in southwestern Scotland.
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