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1. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
13. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
14. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
18. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
20. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
22. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
29. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
33. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. 10 grams.
42. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
51. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
59. A quantity of no importance.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
66. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
67. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
68. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
2. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
3. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
4. A decree that prohibits something.
5. Before noon.
6. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
9. Obvious and dull.
10. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
17. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
19. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
21. An informal term for a father.
24. A son who has the same first name as his father.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
35. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
36. Jordan's port.
38. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A port city in southwestern Iran.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. Type genus of the Gavidae.
50. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
52. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
56. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
57. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
60. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
63. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
64. 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.
65. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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