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1. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
4. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
10. The month following February and preceding April.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
19. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
20. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
22. Lower in esteem.
24. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
27. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
43. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. Jordan's port.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
54. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. An electrically charged particle.
62. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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1. The basic unit of money on Malta.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
4. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
11. Squash bugs.
12. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
17. A compact mass.
21. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
23. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
25. One thousand grams.
28. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
29. Fiddler crabs.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
36. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
38. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
39. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. A city in northeastern Ohio.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
52. A feeling of intense anger.
53. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
55. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
56. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
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