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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
5. A fastener for a door or lid.
9. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
13. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
14. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
15. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
22. Divulge information or secrets.
25. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
28. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
32. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
37. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
43. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
62. The residue that remains when something is burned.
63. Jordan's port.
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
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1. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
2. The face of a timepiece.
3. The probability of a specified outcome.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
8. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
9. A deep bow.
10. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
11. A written proposal or reminder.
12. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
20. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
21. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
27. Have supper.
29. A city in northern India.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
33. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
34. An elaborate song for solo voice.
35. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. A light touch or stroke.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
45. Jordan's port.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. Indicating the most important performer or role.
53. Common Indian weaverbird.
54. Hit hard.
56. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
57. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
58. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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