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1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
4. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
10. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
17. A motley assortment of things.
18. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
19. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
21. State in northeastern India.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. The last (12th) month of the year.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. The square of a body of any size of type.
31. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
35. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
37. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
39. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
40. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
42. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
48. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
55. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
57. Dyed with henna.
59. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
61. A master's degree in business.
62. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
64. A decree that prohibits something.
65. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
66. Complacently or inanely foolish.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
2. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
3. A genus of Ploceidae.
4. Tasting sour like a lemon.
5. Squash bugs.
6. Carry out or participate in an activity.
7. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
11. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
33. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
34. How long something has existed.
36. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. An argument opposed to a proposal.
49. Collect or gather.
50. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
51. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
56. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
60. The habitation of wild animals.
63. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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