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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A state in midwestern United States.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Bright and pleasant.
14. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
15. (informal) Roused to anger.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. A word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system.
18. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
19. By bad luck.
21. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
22. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. The superior of an abbey of monks.
29. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. Costing nothing.
33. A genus of Scolopacidae.
37. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
38. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
61. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
62. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
63. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
64. Being one more than two.
65. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
4. God of the earth.
5. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
6. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
7. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
8. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
9. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
10. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
11. A genus of Pyralidae.
12. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
20. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
23. A city in central New York.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
32. A white trivalent metallic element.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
43. A master's degree in business.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
47. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
48. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
49. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
51. Very dark black.
52. South African term for `boss'.
53. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
55. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
56. Make editorial changes (in a text).
59. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
60. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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