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1. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
5. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
9. A thrusting blow with a knife.
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
15. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
17. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
18. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Improperly forward or bold.
27. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
29. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
31. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
37. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
39. A licensed medical practitioner.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. A state in midwestern United States.
44. Unknown god.
45. A bachelor's degree in religion.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt).
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
56. Converted totally or partly into ions.
59. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
61. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
62. The residue that remains when something is burned.
63. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
65. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
66. Having leadership guidance.
67. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
68. Either extremity of something that has length.
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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
2. At or constituting a border or edge.
3. A public promotion of some product or service.
4. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
5. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. A deep bow.
10. A window above a door and hinged to a transom.
11. Cricket frogs.
12. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
20. Relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu.
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. 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.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. The longest division of geological time.
30. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
38. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
40. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
41. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
47. Lower in esteem.
48. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
50. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
51. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
52. A colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water.
55. One who works hard at boring tasks.
57. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
58. A notable achievement.
60. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
61. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
64. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
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