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1. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
4. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
10. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Draw in by breathing.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
18. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
20. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
21. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
22. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
24. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
30. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
46. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
48. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
55. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
57. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
58. 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.
61. A master's degree in business.
62. The products of human creativity.
63. Administer an oil or ointment to.
64. A decree that prohibits something.
65. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
66. Ice cream served with a topping.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
2. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
3. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
4. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
7. Used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders.
8. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
9. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
11. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic.
12. A Bantu language closely related to Zulu.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
42. Having been flattened.
45. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology.
47. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
49. Sour or bitter in taste.
50. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
51. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
56. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
59. (Babylonian) The sky god.
60. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
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