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1. A quantity of no importance.
5. Lower in esteem.
10. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
13. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
15. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
16. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
18. A genus of Pyralidae.
20. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
22. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
23. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
25. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
28. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
33. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
36. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
38. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
40. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
41. (Greek mythology) God of love.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
44. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
52. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
54. The cry made by sheep.
55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
59. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
60. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
63. Jordan's port.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. A white trivalent metallic element.
9. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
10. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
11. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
12. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
17. A warning against certain acts.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Of or relating to or containing barium.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
27. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
29. A Loloish language.
30. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
31. Injured by bites or stings.
32. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).
35. A human female who does housework.
37. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
39. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Jordan's port.
49. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
50. A telephone connection.
51. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
57. Tag the base runner to get him out.
58. A light touch or stroke.
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