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1. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
4. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
10. A master's degree in business.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
15. Take in solid food.
16. Black tropical American cuckoo.
17. The capital of Bahrain.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
21. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
23. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A decree that prohibits something.
27. An electric motor for starting an engine.
31. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
35. The quantity contained in a can.
38. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
41. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
59. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
60. Exactly vertical.
61. Bound or secured closely.
62. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
4. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. The second day of the week.
7. Using speech rather than writing.
8. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
9. Jordan's port.
10. The food served and eaten at one time.
11. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
12. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
20. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
22. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
24. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
25. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
29. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. God of love and erotic desire.
34. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. In operation or operational.
46. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
47. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
50. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
51. Fallow deer.
52. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. An informal term for a father.
56. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
57. A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.
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