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1. English pianist (1890-1965).
5. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
10. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
15. Being one more than forty.
16. God of fire.
17. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
19. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
22. A drama set to music.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
28. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
29. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
33. British informal term.
34. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
40. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
47. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. The capital of Croatia.
56. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
59. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
60. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
64. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. World's longest river (4187 miles).
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. At or constituting a border or edge.
3. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
4. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
5. A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
6. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
7. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
8. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
11. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
12. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
20. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
21. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. Fiddler crabs.
32. The force of workers available.
35. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
38. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
42. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
46. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
48. Of or relating to a fetus.
49. Lower in esteem.
51. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
52. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
53. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
55. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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