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1. A proportion multiplied by 100.
4. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
13. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
14. A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
17. (archaic) Of persons.
19. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York state.
22. Having or resembling a beak.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. A city in east central Texas.
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. The father of your father or mother.
47. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
50. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
51. Informal terms for a mother.
52. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
53. A container.
54. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
59. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
60. Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes.
61. Extremely pleasing.
62. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
63. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Exactly vertical.
2. Small and light boat.
3. Reed maces.
4. The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment.
5. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
7. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
8. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
9. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
10. United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919).
11. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
12. An island of central Hawaii.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
30. In bed.
32. An informal term for a father.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
36. A Brazilian river.
38. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
40. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Jordan's port.
55. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
56. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
57. (British) Your grandmother.
58. A master's degree in fine arts.
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