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1. Outer bark of the cork oak.
5. A musical percussion instrument.
9. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
13. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
14. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
15. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
16. Type genus of the Majidae.
17. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
18. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
19. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
21. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
23. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. With laces not tied.
38. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
39. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
41. A port city in southwestern Iran.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. Any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects.
54. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
59. Young of domestic cattle.
61. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
64. A decree that prohibits something.
65. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
66. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
5. 10 grams.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
11. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
29. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
30. God of love and erotic desire.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
35. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
36. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
37. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
40. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
41. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
42. In bed.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
53. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A resource.
60. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
62. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
63. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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