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1. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
10. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
13. The capital of Western Samoa.
14. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
15. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
16. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. A city and port in northern Jutland.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
35. A bachelor's degree in science.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
40. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
42. An herb with milky juice.
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
49. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
52. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
61. Compete for something.
63. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Jordan's port.
66. By bad luck.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
3. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
4. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
7. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. A state in New England.
10. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
29. Any of various units of capacity.
30. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
41. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. Young of domestic cattle.
47. Jordan's port.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. English essayist (1775-1834).
51. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Divulge information or secrets.
54. The food served and eaten at one time.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
58. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
62. Unknown god.
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