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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
5. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
10. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
13. On or toward the lee.
14. An iconic mental representation.
15. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. Give over.
19. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
21. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
24. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. A doctor's degree in optometry.
34. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. Of or relating to the kidneys.
39. A state in northwestern North America.
40. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
42. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
47. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
50. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
57. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
58. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
59. (South African) An ear of corn.
60. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
61. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
62. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
63. Fiddler crabs.
64. A state in northwestern North America.
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1. Serving as or forming a base.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
6. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
7. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
8. How long something has existed.
9. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
10. Jordan's port.
11. An intuitive awareness.
12. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
22. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
23. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
26. A city of central China.
28. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Largest crested screamer.
35. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
36. Bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel.
37. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
38. An intuitive awareness.
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
45. In bed.
46. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. World's longest river (4187 miles).
49. Set down according to a plan.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
56. Towards the side away from the wind.
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