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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
10. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
13. Used of a single unit or thing.
14. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
15. Enlarged prostate.
16. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
17. A disreputable or clumsy man.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
25. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
32. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
33. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
36. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
37. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
39. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
44. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
46. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
47. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
50. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
53. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
54. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
56. Filaments from a cobweb.
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
61. A motley assortment of things.
64. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
65. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
66. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Slightly wet.
2. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
3. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
4. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
5. Inclined toward or displaying love.
6. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
10. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
20. At or constituting a border or edge.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
24. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
26. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
31. An enclosed space.
34. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
35. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
38. A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element.
39. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
40. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
41. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
43. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
45. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Jordan's port.
51. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
52. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
57. The cry made by sheep.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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