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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
10. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
13. Material used to daub walls.
14. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
18. The act of ceding.
20. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
22. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
23. Leafless East Indian vine.
26. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
29. A person forced to flee from home or country.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
31. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Baby bed with high sides.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
47. At full speed.
51. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
52. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
56. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
57. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
63. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
64. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
65. Jordan's port.
66. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
3. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
4. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
5. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
9. An associate degree in applied science.
10. Occurring or done each day.
11. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
21. Before noon.
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
27. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
28. Extremely pleasing.
33. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
34. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
37. The cry made by sheep.
39. A genus of Stromateidae.
41. A decree that prohibits something.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
46. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
48. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
50. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
53. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. Unknown god.
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