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1. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
13. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
14. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
15. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. One who suffers for the sake of principle.
18. Clear to the mind.
20. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
21. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
23. A white trivalent metallic element.
24. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
27. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
28. The face of a timepiece.
32. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
35. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
37. A deep bow.
40. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
41. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
42. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
43. To fix or set securely or deeply.
47. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
49. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
51. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
52. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
56. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
57. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
59. Rounded like an egg.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
64. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
65. Jordan's port.
66. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. A low-cut shoe without fastenings.
2. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
3. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
4. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
6. A Russian river.
7. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
8. An associate degree in nursing.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. Agitation resulting from active worry.
11. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
12. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
17. A city in central Tanzania.
19. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
31. Set down according to a plan.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
38. 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).
39. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
44. One thousandth of a second.
45. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
46. A telegram sent abroad.
47. A Loloish language.
48. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
50. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
53. A Loloish language.
54. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
55. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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