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1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
10. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
13. A city in the European part of Russia.
14. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
15. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
18. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
19. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
21. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
23. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
26. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
28. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
48. Wild and menacing.
50. Filled with fear or apprehension.
54. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
61. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
63. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
64. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
65. Of or relating to the nervous system.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
2. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
3. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
4. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
5. Clean or orderly.
6. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
7. Deeply moved.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
10. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
20. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
29. A young woman making her debut into society.
30. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
31. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
33. The act of scanning.
35. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A native of ancient Troy.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
44. Take in solid food.
45. A city in northern India.
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
49. A genus of Mustelidae.
51. A Loloish language.
52. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
57. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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