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1. An indistinct shapeless form.
5. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
14. United States film maker (1897-1991).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
17. Without qualification.
18. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. The basic unit of money in Nicaragua.
22. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
28. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
39. A motley assortment of things.
41. German theologian and mystic (1260-1327).
42. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
44. American novelist (1909-1955).
45. The eleventh month of the civil year.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
57. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
60. Common Indian weaverbird.
61. Be seated.
62. Come into possession of.
64. A three-year law degree.
65. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
2. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
3. A European river.
4. Beads threaded on a string.
5. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
7. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
8. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
26. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. Temporary living quarters.
29. In bed.
30. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
31. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
32. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
34. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
35. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
43. One of the three Furies.
44. A heavy precious metallic element.
46. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
49. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. An honorary degree in science.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
55. Type genus of the Hylidae.
56. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
58. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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