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1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
10. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
15. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. 1 species.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
27. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
35. The act of scanning.
36. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
37. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
41. Stalk of a moss capsule.
42. A doctor's degree in education.
43. Inability to walk.
46. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
49. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
52. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
54. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. The basic unit of money on Malta.
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
62. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
4. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A motley assortment of things.
7. Goddess of fate.
8. The face of a timepiece.
9. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
12. A thrusting blow with a knife.
18. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. With no effort to conceal.
32. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
33. Not reflecting light.
34. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
38. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
39. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
40. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
45. State in northeastern India.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
50. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Offering fun and gaiety.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
59. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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