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1. A humming noise.
4. A short heavy curved sword with one edge.
10. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. Move out of a curled position.
15. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
18. (Babylonian) The sky god.
19. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
21. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
25. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
26. Type genus of the Pipidae.
31. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. The month following July and preceding September.
44. Wildly disordered.
47. An old Scottish coin of little value.
51. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
54. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
55. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
59. Having relatively few calories.
60. A thrusting blow with a knife.
61. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Being nothing more than specified.
4. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
5. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
6. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
7. A Nilotic language.
8. A large fleet.
9. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
10. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
11. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
12. Any plant of the genus Inula.
20. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
27. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
28. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. Baseball player with the New York Yankees.
32. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
34. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. A flexible container with a single opening.
37. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
38. Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978).
39. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
43. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
45. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
46. Squash bugs.
48. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
49. A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
53. A French abbot.
56. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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