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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
10. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. Used of high or hilly country.
15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
18. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
19. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
23. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
29. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
37. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
39. Used by Maoris for thatching.
40. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores.
43. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
45. Conforming to truth.
46. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
49. Any loose flowing garment.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
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. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
63. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. A small amount of liquid food.
5. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
6. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword.
7. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
10. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
11. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. Traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living.
24. An American Indian infant.
27. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
28. The act of scanning.
30. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
31. The basic unit of money in Peru.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. An informal debt instrument.
36. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
41. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
44. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
47. In bed.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Indicating the most important performer or role.
53. Common Indian weaverbird.
54. Hit hard.
56. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
57. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
58. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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