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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
10. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. 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.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Not in good physical or mental health.
17. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. (formerly) A cavalryman armed with a lance.
24. A drama set to music.
26. The face of a timepiece.
27. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
29. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
32. A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809).
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. An unofficial association of people or groups.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. Covered with paving material.
50. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
54. A mechanism that can move automatically.
57. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
61. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
62. Make or become free of frost or ice.
65. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
66. Take in solid food.
67. Wood of a sumac.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A city and port in northern Jutland.
4. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
5. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. (archaic) Of persons.
9. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
10. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
20. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
23. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. In bed.
34. A Nilotic language.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A large number or amount.
41. An island republic on Nauru Island.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
47. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
48. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
49. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
51. A Russian river.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
58. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
59. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
60. A police officer who investigates crimes.
61. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
63. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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