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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
10. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Provide with a new lining.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The organic process of bearing flowers.
19. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
21. A state in east central United States.
22. Filled with fear or apprehension.
24. 1/10 gram.
26. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
28. An official who carries a mace of office.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
37. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
39. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
40. A master's degree in education.
43. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A city in east central Texas.
55. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
58. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
59. A trivial lie.
60. Wool of the alpaca.
62. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
63. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. A native of ancient Troy.
65. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
4. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
5. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
6. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
7. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
8. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
9. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
10. Humble request for help.
11. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
20. A European river.
23. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
25. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
27. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
29. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
30. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
32. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
33. Take in solid food.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. (pathology) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin.
43. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
44. A slender double-reed instrument.
47. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
48. Offering little or no hope.
50. Type genus of the Amiidae.
51. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
52. Wearing or provided with clothing.
53. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
54. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
57. The month following March and preceding May.
61. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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