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1. A loud harsh or strident noise.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
9. Little known Kamarupan languages.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. Showing deterioration from age.
15. A manner of performance.
16. The force of workers available.
17. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
18. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
19. A branch of the Tai languages.
21. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
23. Compete for something.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
29. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
32. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. The bill in a restaurant.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
44. Small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark.
48. A town in southern Minnesota.
51. Any plant of the genus Erica.
55. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
63. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
64. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
65. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq.
4. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
5. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
10. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
11. A European river.
12. Having been read.
20. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
22. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
33. Disparaging terms for the common people.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A small island.
41. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
45. Register formally.
46. Jordan's port.
47. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
49. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
50. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
53. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
54. A primeval personification of air and breath.
56. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
60. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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