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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
10. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. The cloak as a symbol of authority.
18. An accountant certified by the state.
19. A genus of Ploceidae.
21. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
23. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A man who is a stupid fool.
30. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
34. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
36. A humorous anecdote or remark.
37. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
57. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
58. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. Being two more than fifty.
61. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
62. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
7. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
8. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
9. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. Type genus of the Nepidae.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
26. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
31. God of fire.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
39. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
48. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
49. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
50. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
51. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
52. English essayist (1775-1834).
54. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
55. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
59. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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