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1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. Complacently or inanely foolish.
15. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. A farewell remark.
18. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
19. By bad luck.
21. A small piece of cloth.
23. In bed.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
36. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
37. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
41. Excessively fat.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A Hindu prince or king in India.
53. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
56. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
58. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
60. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
61. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
62. Of or relating to Papua or its people or language.
63. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
4. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
5. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
6. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
7. Cuddling and kissing.
8. An affirmative.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
11. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A branch of the Tai languages.
22. A light touch or stroke.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
30. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
31. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
32. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
34. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
35. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
38. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
41. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
43. Any plant of the genus Erica.
44. Held back.
46. A city in southeastern South Korea.
47. A genus of Platalea.
50. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
51. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
52. Advanced in years.
54. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
55. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. In operation or operational.
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