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1. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
5. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
10. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. A city in east central Texas.
14. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
17. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
18. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
23. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
25. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
28. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Not in good physical or mental health.
34. The last (12th) month of the year.
36. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
38. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
51. A state in northwestern North America.
54. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
57. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
58. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
59. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
62. A Hindu prince or king in India.
63. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
65. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
66. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
67. God of wealth and love.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. Jordan's port.
6. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
9. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
10. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. Made of fir or pine.
24. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. On or toward the lee.
27. Divulge information or secrets.
30. A three-year law degree.
31. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
39. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
41. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. Injured by bites or stings.
46. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
48. A Hindu prince or king in India.
49. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
51. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
52. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
53. Squash bugs.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
60. 10 grams.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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