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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
10. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Disposed to avoid notice.
15. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
16. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
21. South African term for `boss'.
24. Half the width of an em.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A master's degree in business.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. A simple type of jet engine.
39. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
40. Preserve of crushed fruit.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
47. A Loloish language.
50. Important for human and animal food.
53. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
57. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
60. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
61. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
62. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Type genus of the Muridae.
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1. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
2. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
3. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
4. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. People having the same social or economic status.
7. Tag the base runner to get him out.
8. Make an etching of.
9. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
10. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
11. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Before noon.
23. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
26. In operation or operational.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. A state in southeastern United States.
29. Noisy talk.
30. A Hindu prince or king in India.
31. A fraudulent business scheme.
32. God of love and erotic desire.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
38. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers.
51. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
52. To run away.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
55. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
56. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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