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1. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
4. Advance evidence for.
10. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
13. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
14. A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
19. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
21. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. An awkward stupid person.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A West African language closely related to Fula.
36. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
40. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
41. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
43. Divulge information or secrets.
45. A doctor's degree in education.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
51. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
59. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
60. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
64. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
65. Inquire about.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
5. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
6. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
7. In or of the month preceding the present one.
8. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
9. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
10. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
11. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
12. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. A French abbot.
24. Forces that provide energy and direction.
25. Unknown god.
28. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
29. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
32. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
33. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
34. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
35. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
39. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
40. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
44. The cry made by sheep.
47. Greek mythology.
48. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
54. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
57. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
62. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
63. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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