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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
15. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
16. Having leadership guidance.
17. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
18. Everything you own.
20. Singing jazz.
22. Being nine more than forty.
23. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
24. A genus of Platalea.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
30. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
31. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
35. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
39. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
40. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
41. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
43. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
45. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
48. God of the earth.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
56. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
58. A light touch or stroke.
62. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
63. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
64. Squash bugs.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
66. Type genus of the Muridae.
67. Greek mythology.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
5. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
6. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
7. Before noon.
8. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
9. Of or concerning Qatar.
10. Toward the mouth or oral region.
11. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
12. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
19. The act of scanning.
21. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
29. A young woman.
32. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A licensed medical practitioner.
36. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
44. By bad luck.
46. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
49. Lower in esteem.
50. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
54. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
57. The basic unit of money on Malta.
59. A local computer network for communication between computers.
60. A period of time spent sleeping.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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