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1. English essayist (1775-1834).
5. Coarse edible red seaweed.
10. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
14. A member of the Uniat Church.
15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
16. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
17. Largest crested screamer.
18. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
19. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
21. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
30. In bed.
33. A book of the New Testament.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A language group of the Hokan family.
42. Not only so, but.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A genus of Mustelidae.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. Cause to move forward with force.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
64. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
65. One of the three sections of the hipbone.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. The last (12th) month of the year.
68. The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. At a previous time.
2. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
3. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.
6. A transuranic element.
7. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
8. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
9. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
11. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. African mahogany trees.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
29. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
41. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
43. Composed of animal fat.
44. A German man.
48. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
54. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
55. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
56. Pulled or drawn tight.
57. A French abbot.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
62. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
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