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1. A caress with the lips.
5. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
10. A castrated tomcat.
13. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
14. Using the voice.
15. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
16. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
17. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Rapid and indistinct speech.
21. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Before noon.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
44. A borough in Scotland.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. As from a country.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
53. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
57. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
61. A city of central China.
62. Wearing or provided with clothing.
63. Ludicrously odd.
66. A master's degree in fine arts.
67. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
68. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
69. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.
2. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
5. A genus of Pyralidae.
6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
7. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
8. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
9. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
10. A desert in central Asia.
11. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
22. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. Large European dormouse.
30. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
31. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
35. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
37. To fix or set securely or deeply.
42. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
43. The last (12th) month of the year.
45. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
47. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
48. Time during which some action is awaited.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. Type genus of the Anatidae.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. A unit of pressure.
60. Being two more than fifty.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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