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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
9. Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers.
13. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. An Eskimo hut.
16. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
17. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
18. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
19. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
21. Come into possession of.
23. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right).
25. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
26. Quandong trees.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
33. A Loloish language.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
37. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
40. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. A doctor's degree in optometry.
46. The longest river of Asia.
48. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
52. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
57. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
60. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
61. Fiddler crabs.
63. A notable achievement.
64. A boy or man.
65. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
2. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
3. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
4. Someone who skates.
5. A battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis.
6. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
7. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
8. Of a cask or barrel.
9. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
10. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
11. Being six more than forty.
12. The basic unit of money in China.
20. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
22. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
24. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
27. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
28. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
38. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
47. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
49. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
51. A compact mass.
53. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
54. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
55. A quantity of no importance.
58. Late time of life.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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