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1. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
9. A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows.
13. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
14. Lower in esteem.
15. The habitation of wild animals.
16. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
18. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
20. A city in northwestern Syria.
22. Administer an oil or ointment to.
23. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
24. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
28. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
36. A genus of Ploceidae.
41. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
44. A native-born Israeli.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
53. Type genus of the Ranidae.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
61. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
62. 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.
64. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
65. Take in solid food.
66. A port city in southwestern Iran.
67. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. A domain in which something is dominant.
3. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
9. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
12. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Belonging to some prior time.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
30. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. An associate degree in applied science.
34. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. 1 species.
40. The residue that remains when something is burned.
45. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
52. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
54. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
55. A quantity of no importance.
56. Advanced in years.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A boy or man.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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