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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A large and imposing house.
9. A city of central China.
13. A local computer network for communication between computers.
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
15. The highest level or degree attainable.
16. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
17. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
18. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay.
21. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
23. Pertaining to or near the sun.
25. Jordan's port.
27. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
31. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
37. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
38. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
39. Fallow deer.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. Informal terms for the mouth.
48. A city in northern India.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
57. An African amulet.
58. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
60. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
61. A city in northwestern Syria.
63. A notable achievement.
64. The content of cognition.
65. An informal term for a father.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. Small and light boat.
3. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
4. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
5. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
6. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
7. An enclosed space.
8. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
9. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
10. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
11. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
12. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
20. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
22. Before noon.
24. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. God of love and erotic desire.
30. Slightly open.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
45. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
50. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
52. In bed.
53. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A quantity of no importance.
59. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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