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1. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
5. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
9. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
13. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
14. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
15. Any small compartment.
16. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
18. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
19. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
22. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
24. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
25. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A person forced to flee from home or country.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. (Greek mythology) The father of Odysseus.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
46. Call upon in supplication.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. Covered with beads of liquid.
55. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
59. Fiddler crabs.
60. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
61. Very large red gum tree.
62. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. God of wealth and love.
65. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
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1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
2. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
3. Inquire about.
4. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
5. Wife of Ramachandra.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
8. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
9. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
10. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
11. A momentary flash of light.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
21. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
23. Leather with a napped surface.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
35. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
38. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
40. A city and port in northern Jutland.
41. Speak unfavorably about.
42. A momentary flash of light.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Tropical Asian starlings.
48. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
50. Common Indian weaverbird.
53. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
54. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
56. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
57. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
58. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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