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1. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
4. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
10. Top part of an apron.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
18. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
24. Noisy like the sound of a bee.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A fraudulent business scheme.
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
34. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
36. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Advanced in years.
41. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
43. A mountain in south central Alaska.
45. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
50. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
54. A doctor's degree in music.
57. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
58. No longer active or practicing.
62. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
63. Lacking in light.
64. European shad.
65. (informal) Roused to anger.
66. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Toward the mouth or oral region.
3. Type genus of the Ranidae.
4. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
5. Informal terms for a mother.
6. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. Of or evidencing buboes.
23. American novelist (1909-1955).
25. The capital of Croatia.
28. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
29. Chief port of Yemen.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. The act of scanning.
37. An indistinct shapeless form.
40. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
42. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
43. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
44. 1 species.
46. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
49. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
52. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
53. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. An informal term for a father.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A person's brother or sister.
61. A young woman making her debut into society.
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