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1. Highly recommended.
5. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
10. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
13. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
14. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
18. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
19. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
20. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
21. A town in central Belgium.
23. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
25. (informal) Roused to anger.
27. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
37. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. A mite of the genus Acarus.
41. A state in midwestern United States.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A branch of the Tai languages.
53. (Irish) The sea personified.
56. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
58. 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.
60. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
61. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
62. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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1. A doctor's degree in music.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. The present time or age.
5. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
6. Tear or be torn violently.
7. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
11. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
12. Singing jazz.
17. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
29. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
30. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
32. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
38. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
40. Lower in esteem.
42. Cut the head of.
44. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
45. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
46. An Italian woman of rank.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
51. At or constituting a border or edge.
52. God of love and erotic desire.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
59. An associate degree in nursing.
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