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1. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
4. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
9. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
17. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
18. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
19. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
27. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
31. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
34. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
39. Minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond.
42. A genus of Indriidae.
44. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
45. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
51. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. With eagerness.
59. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
63. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
64. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
65. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
66. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
3. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
4. Shockingly repellent.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
9. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
10. American novelist (1909-1955).
11. A branch of the Tai languages.
12. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
20. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
21. Of or involving the ovaries.
25. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Stalk of a moss capsule.
29. Not only so, but.
30. God of fire.
32. Gone by.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. (Old Testament) The guardian archangel of the Jews.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
41. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
43. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
44. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
50. A cooperative unit.
52. Using speech rather than writing.
53. On or toward the lee.
54. Type genus of the Hylidae.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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