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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
19. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Speaking a Slavic language.
29. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
32. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
35. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
38. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
39. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
40. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
41. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
43. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
44. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. Growing old.
59. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
60. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
62. Rounded like an egg.
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
64. Offering fun and gaiety.
65. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
4. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
5. Lose blood from one's body.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. 10 grams.
8. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
9. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
10. A wine bottle made of leather.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
20. Type genus of the Gavidae.
21. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Either extremity of something that has length.
27. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
28. A primeval personification of air and breath.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
37. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. The Destroyer.
53. An unforeseen obstacle.
54. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
56. A shape that sags.
57. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
61. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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