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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. Any of various devices for taking hold of objects.
10. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
13. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
14. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. Immature of its kind.
19. Used of a single unit or thing.
20. In bed.
22. Make amends for.
23. A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
33. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
37. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
38. A port city in southwestern Iran.
39. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
40. Being seven more than fifty.
41. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
43. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
44. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
46. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).
56. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
61. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
64. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
65. A flexible container with a single opening.
66. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
67. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. A city in Indonesia.
2. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
3. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
6. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
7. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Have confidence or faith in.
17. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. Rebuking a person harshly.
26. Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging.
29. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. Male red deer.
32. New Zealand conifer.
34. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
35. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
36. Again but in a new or different way.
42. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
45. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
47. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
48. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Half the width of an em.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
54. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
55. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
57. A humorous anecdote or remark.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
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