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1. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
4. The superior of a group of nuns.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
19. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
20. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
23. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
26. Anthropologist and linguist.
28. A republic in northwestern South America.
32. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
35. Showing deterioration from age.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
40. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. A young woman.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake).
52. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
54. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
57. (of a roof) Constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall.
60. Preserve of crushed fruit.
61. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
62. A large fleet.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
2. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
3. One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons.
4. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. The part of the face above the eyes.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
21. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A very troublesome child.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836).
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
30. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
31. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
38. Having been made empty.
39. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
41. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. (informal) "in the dumps".
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
49. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
51. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
53. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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