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1. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
5. Lower in esteem.
10. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
13. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
14. Type genus of the Caviidae.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. The 2nd longest European river.
33. Speaking a Slavic language.
35. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
37. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
40. Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565).
41. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. A woman of refinement.
52. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
53. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
57. A federally chartered savings bank.
60. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
61. Towards the side away from the wind.
63. Bound or secured closely.
64. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
65. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (prefix) Half or partial.
2. Goddess of fertility.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
7. The eleventh month of the civil year.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Wearing or provided with clothing.
11. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
12. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Make less active or intense.
23. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
30. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
31. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
32. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
34. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
36. A fraudulent business scheme.
42. Fiddler crabs.
43. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
46. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
47. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Bar temporarily.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. An informal term for a father.
58. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
59. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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