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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Capital of the state of South Dakota.
10. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
13. 10 grams.
14. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
15. Liquid excretory product.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
18. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
19. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary.
21. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
23. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
25. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
47. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
55. A human limb.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
61. The sacred city of Lamaism.
62. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
64. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. Complacently or inanely foolish.
6. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
7. A small piece of cloth.
8. Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866).
9. An antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
11. A three-tone Chadic language.
12. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
20. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
22. Call upon in supplication.
26. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
30. A master's degree in education.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
36. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
37. The sound made by corvine birds.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
48. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. In bed.
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. An informal term for a father.
59. A castrated tomcat.
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