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1. An artificial source of visible illumination.
5. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
10. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. Type genus of the Gavidae.
15. Seed of a pea plant.
16. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
18. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
20. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
22. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
24. More than enough in size or scope or capacity.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
44. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
46. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
47. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. Obvious and dull.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
61. A port city in southwestern Iran.
64. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
65. The fatty flesh of eel.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
4. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
8. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
12. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
17. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
21. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
23. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
25. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
30. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
32. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. The last (12th) month of the year.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. A region in central Italy.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
45. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. Unknown god.
50. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
51. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. Fallow deer.
54. Type genus of the Anatidae.
55. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
57. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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