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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
10. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A light touch or stroke.
17. Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923).
18. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
19. The sixth month of the civil year.
21. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A master's degree in fine arts.
29. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
39. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
41. Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978).
43. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
46. The general activity of selling.
47. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
57. Of or being the lowest female voice.
60. Of the blackest black.
61. Witnessed at first hand.
62. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Any high mountain.
5. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
6. A city in northern India.
7. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
8. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
9. A rapid bustling commotion.
10. Dyed with henna.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
20. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
26. The face of a timepiece.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
31. Beyond what is natural.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
36. The second largest city in Tunisia.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
40. A card game for 2 players.
42. Having been read.
44. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
45. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
48. An account describing incidents or events.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
51. In bed.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
55. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
59. Being one more than fifty.
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