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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
13. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
16. Lacking excess flesh.
17. River in eastern Asia.
18. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. Before noon.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
35. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
37. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
43. A city in northern India.
45. A white trivalent metallic element.
48. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
50. Injured by bites or stings.
51. An extreme state of adversity.
54. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
57. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
58. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
59. European shad.
60. Using speech rather than writing.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. German writer (1830-1914).
63. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
3. Jordan's port.
4. An island of central Hawaii.
5. Something that remunerates.
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
10. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
11. Toward the mouth or oral region.
12. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
27. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
31. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
33. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
34. A bachelor's degree in religion.
36. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
38. A region in central Italy.
39. In a tacit manner.
40. Kauri pine.
41. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
44. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
47. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
53. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
55. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
56. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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