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1. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
4. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
10. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
13. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
18. The template for protein synthesis.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. Away from the mouth or oral region.
22. A doctor's degree in optometry.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
27. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
34. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A resource.
43. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
44. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
47. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
60. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
65. A squeaking sound.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. 100 kobos equal 1 naira.
4. A republic in central Europe.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
7. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
8. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. A quantity of no importance.
11. Divulge information or secrets.
12. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
17. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
23. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
26. A Russian river.
28. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
29. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. An informal term for a father.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A town in north central Oklahoma.
45. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
46. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
47. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
49. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. God of death.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
56. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
58. A flexible container with a single opening.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. A state in northwestern North America.
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