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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
15. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
16. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
17. Having been read.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
29. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. By bad luck.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
41. Black tropical American cuckoo.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Lower in esteem.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
56. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
59. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
60. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid.
63. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
64. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
65. Female peafowl.
66. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. The act of flipping a coin.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
4. A deep bow.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
6. A notable achievement.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
20. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
22. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
24. Type genus of the Anatidae.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. A narrow way or road.
32. A town in north central Oklahoma.
35. An informal term for a father.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A lack of vitality.
40. Characteristic of a baby.
41. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
43. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. Held back.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
53. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
54. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
55. A Loloish language.
57. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
58. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
62. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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