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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
9. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. On or toward the lee.
15. Of or being the lowest female voice.
16. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
17. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
18. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
19. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
28. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
42. (Irish) The sea personified.
44. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
53. Of the same period.
54. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
55. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
57. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
59. Either extremity of something that has length.
60. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
63. Extremely pleasing.
64. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
65. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
8. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
9. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
12. Capital and largest city of Italy.
20. God of death.
21. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
23. A son who has the same first name as his father.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
30. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
31. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
34. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. First in order of importance.
40. Capable of being attained or accomplished.
41. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
43. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
46. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
47. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
48. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
49. A means of serving.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Jordan's port.
56. And nothing more.
58. A master's degree in fine arts.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
62. Before noon.
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