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1. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
4. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
10. Informal terms for the mouth.
13. An advanced law degree.
14. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
18. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
19. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
20. A genus of Indriidae.
21. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Informal terms for money.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. Towards the side away from the wind.
44. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
47. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
51. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
55. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
56. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
60. Informal terms for a mother.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
64. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
65. A small skullcap.
66. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
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1. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. Type genus of the Amiidae.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
6. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
7. A primeval personification of air and breath.
8. Clean or orderly.
9. Former measure of the US economy.
10. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. A large number or amount.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. English monk and scholar (672-735).
24. Being nine more than ninety.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. In bed.
28. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
29. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. A French abbot.
31. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
37. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
38. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
45. A state in midwestern United States.
46. A town in southwestern Idaho.
48. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
49. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
53. A sign of something about to happen.
54. A quantity of no importance.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
59. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
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