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1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
9. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
13. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
14. Depressing in character or appearance.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
19. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
20. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
22. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
24. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
28. Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman.
31. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. Money in the form of bills or coins.
38. A periodic paperback publication.
39. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
41. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. Jordan's port.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
65. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
66. A light touch or stroke.
67. Away from the mouth or oral region.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
2. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
3. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
4. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
5. A severe or trying experience.
6. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
7. God of the Underworld.
8. Written matter preceding the main text of a book.
9. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
10. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
23. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
26. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
42. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
49. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
53. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
56. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
57. Offering fun and gaiety.
60. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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