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1. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
4. Lower oneself with a double rope coiled aroound the body from a mountainside.
10. 10 grams.
13. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
14. The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia).
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
21. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
23. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
29. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
32. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
38. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
40. God of fire.
41. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
42. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
43. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
45. Mix up or confuse.
49. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
50. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. In the Roman calendar.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
65. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. A light touch or stroke.
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1. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
2. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
3. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
4. A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.
5. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
6. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
7. Of or relating to the system for delivering mail.
8. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
9. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. Jordan's port.
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. A board with the alphabet on it.
22. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
24. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
25. A genus of Platalea.
28. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
31. Not easy.
33. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
36. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
37. Water frozen in the solid state.
39. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
44. The basic unit of money in Finland.
45. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. Try to prevent.
48. Lower in esteem.
51. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
52. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
55. God of love and erotic desire.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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