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1. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
4. American dwarf fan palms.
9. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
13. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
14. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
15. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
16. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
22. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
24. Lower in esteem.
26. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
35. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
38. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
41. (prefix) Outside or outer.
42. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
43. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
53. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
57. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
62. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
63. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
64. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
65. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
66. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
67. A meeting of spiritualists.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A Spanish river.
3. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
7. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
9. The father of your father or mother.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
17. By bad luck.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
29. Elegant and stylish.
32. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
36. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
39. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
40. Type genus of the family Balanidae.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
47. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
49. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
50. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
54. Largest known toad species.
55. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
56. A city in northern India.
57. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
60. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
61. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
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