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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
10. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
13. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
14. Jordan's port.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
18. A telegram sent abroad.
20. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
21. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
22. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
24. The cry made by sheep.
31. A large fleet.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
36. A protective structure of stone or concrete.
39. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. At any time.
46. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
48. United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets of padlocked containers (1874-1926).
51. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
55. The sign language used in the United States.
56. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
59. God of love and erotic desire.
60. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
61. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
62. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
63. A common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete.
64. Very attentive or observant.
65. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
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1. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
2. Not widely known.
3. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
4. Fastened with stitches.
5. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
6. A state in northwestern North America.
7. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
8. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
9. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
10. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
11. A small stream.
12. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
17. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
19. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
28. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
29. Rounded like an egg.
30. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
32. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. Gull family.
38. In bed.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
45. Register formally.
47. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
49. The capital and largest city of Norway.
50. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
52. God of death.
53. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
54. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
57. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
58. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
59. Half the width of an em.
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