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1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919).
10. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
18. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
19. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
20. Not only so, but.
23. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
25. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
27. (British) Your grandmother.
28. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. A boy or man.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. A state in northwestern North America.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
43. Lower in esteem.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
50. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
59. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
60. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
62. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
63. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
64. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
65. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
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1. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. United States writer (1914-1986).
4. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
5. Before noon.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A port city in southwestern Iran.
8. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
9. Used of a single unit or thing.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
12. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. A decree that prohibits something.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
29. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. An enclosed space.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
38. (botany) Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
39. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. Foul with waste matter.
44. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
45. A card game for 2 players.
48. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
49. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
51. In bed.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
56. Used in combination to denote the middle.
57. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
61. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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