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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
9. Not easy.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
15. Distant in either space or time.
16. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
18. Cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar.
20. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. (of eggs) No longer edible.
24. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Heat beforehand.
30. Greek mythology.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
36. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
38. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
41. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
42. God of the earth.
43. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. A shade of blue tinged with green.
50. South African term for `boss'.
52. God of fire.
54. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
61. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
67. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. In bed.
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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
4. Of the blackest black.
5. A town in north central Oklahoma.
6. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
7. The month following July and preceding September.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
10. Absent without permission.
11. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
12. Two items of the same kind.
17. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
25. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
28. Not widely known.
29. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
31. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
32. (Greek mythology) God of love.
33. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
37. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
39. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
40. Being one more than one hundred.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Silklike nylon fabric.
49. Jordan's port.
51. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Used of a single unit or thing.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
65. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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