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1. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
5. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
13. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
14. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
15. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
16. A male sovereign.
17. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
18. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
19. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
21. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
23. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
24. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
26. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
28. That is to say.
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. An associate degree in applied science.
33. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Wool of the alpaca.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Hurt or upset.
45. American novelist (1909-1955).
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A daughter of your brother or sister.
55. Not in good physical or mental health.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
60. Spider monkeys.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
63. Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.
64. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
2. A member of the Uniat Church.
3. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
4. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. (Hinduism or Buddhism) A sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation.
8. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
9. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
10. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
11. The handle of a sword or dagger.
12. English essayist (1775-1834).
20. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
22. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. Former measure of the US economy.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Greek mythology.
36. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
40. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
41. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
42. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
44. Necessary for relief or supply.
46. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
47. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
48. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
49. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
54. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
56. A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.
57. (Irish) The sea personified.
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