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1. An onerous or difficult concern.
5. Affect with wonder.
10. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. Affected manners intended to impress others.
14. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
15. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
16. At any time.
17. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
18. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
19. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
26. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
29. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
35. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
37. Long and thin and often limp.
41. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
42. Not only so, but.
43. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
45. In bed.
47. A person forced to flee from home or country.
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. A light touch or stroke.
57. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
58. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
60. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Jordan's port.
67. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
3. A person who makes use of a thing.
4. In regular succession without gaps.
5. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
6. 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.
7. How long something has existed.
8. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
9. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
10. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
11. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. Advanced in years.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
25. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. The Judeo-Christian God.
33. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
36. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
38. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
39. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
40. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
44. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
47. Before noon.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. Slightly open.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. On, to, or at the top.
55. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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