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1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
4. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
15. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
16. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
18. Foul with waste matter.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
23. 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.
24. Unknown god.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
33. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. By bad luck.
47. A resource.
48. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
62. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
63. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
65. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. Russian country house.
68. Weapons considered collectively.
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1. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
4. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. An awkward stupid person.
9. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Become less tense.
17. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
19. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. An informal term for a father.
30. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. Black tropical American cuckoo.
37. An informal term for a father.
40. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A nation in northern North America.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
54. A vigorous blow.
55. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
56. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
57. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
58. A bachelor's degree in library science.
60. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
61. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
64. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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