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1. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
4. (botany) Especially of leaves.
9. Especially one side of a leaf.
13. The fatty flesh of eel.
14. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
17. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
18. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
19. Jordan's port.
21. 1 species.
23. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Moving toward a position ahead.
33. The British system of withholding tax.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. A light touch or stroke.
41. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
52. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
55. Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging.
57. 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.
58. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. A master's degree in business.
63. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
65. (British) Your grandmother.
66. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Stalk of a moss capsule.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. English essayist (1775-1834).
4. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
7. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
9. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
20. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. Not divisible by two.
27. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
28. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
29. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
31. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
32. The bill in a restaurant.
35. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
38. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
45. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
47. A genus of Platalea.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
53. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. 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.
60. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
64. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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