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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
5. Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.
10. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
15. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
16. Avatar of Vishnu.
17. A tube with a small bowl at one end.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. Complacently or inanely foolish.
21. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
23. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
24. English essayist (1775-1834).
25. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
26. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
29. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
31. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
34. Unknown god.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A local computer network for communication between computers.
46. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
51. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
55. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
60. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
61. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
62. Not restrained or confined or attached.
63. The longest division of geological time.
64. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
65. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
66. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
2. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
4. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
5. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
6. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
7. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
8. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
9. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
10. A disreputable vagrant.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. A support or foundation.
20. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
22. English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865).
27. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
28. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
39. Not mated sexually.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
41. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Garlic mayonnaise.
49. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. An Eskimo hut.
53. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
54. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
58. A unit of pain intensity.
59. Up to the present time.
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