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1. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
10. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
13. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
14. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
18. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
19. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
20. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
22. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
29. Covered with paving material.
31. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
32. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
35. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
38. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
40. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
47. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
48. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
52. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
53. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
55. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
56. Negation of a word or group of words.
59. On or toward the lee.
60. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
61. The sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing a developing bud.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
4. (Arthurian legend) The capital of King Arthur's kingdom.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handled saw.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
9. An associate degree in applied science.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
11. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
12. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
17. Jordan's port.
21. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
24. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
25. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
28. Take in solid food.
30. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
33. Lacking in light.
34. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
36. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
37. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. An informal term for a father.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
49. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
50. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
54. Free from liquid or moisture.
57. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
58. (combining form) Former.
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