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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. The capital of Eritrea.
10. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
13. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
14. A person who enjoys reading.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
18. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
19. By bad luck.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
30. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
34. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Included seven times in every 19 years.
41. Before noon.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
50. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra.
51. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
52. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
53. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
56. A genus of Ploceidae.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
61. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
63. A master's degree in theology.
64. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
65. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
66. An accidental happening.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
3. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
4. A human limb.
5. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
6. God of death.
7. American Revolutionary patriot.
8. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
9. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. A French abbot.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
32. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
33. The act of scanning.
35. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. Jordan's port.
42. Deep purplish red n 1.
44. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
45. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
46. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
48. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
49. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
54. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
55. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
57. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
58. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
59. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
62. 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.
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