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1. Fiddler crabs.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
13. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
14. The state of existing and being localized in space.
15. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
16. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
18. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
19. How long something has existed.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
24. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
27. Covered patchily.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
40. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
41. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. Before noon.
49. The cry made by sheep.
51. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
57. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
58. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
61. Same in identity.
62. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
63. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
64. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
65. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
66. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
67. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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1. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
2. The closing section of a musical composition.
3. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
4. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
7. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. A side road little traveled (as in the countryside).
10. Building material used as siding or roofing.
11. Especially one side of a leaf.
12. A primeval personification of air and breath.
17. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. Located farther aft.
28. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A port city in southwestern Iran.
43. An enclosed space.
46. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
47. A lake in northwestern Russia.
48. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
50. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
51. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
55. An account describing incidents or events.
56. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
59. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
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