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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice).
10. Enlarged prostate.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A tapering point.
15. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
16. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
18. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
19. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
21. Resembling apes.
23. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
26. An island of central Hawaii.
27. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. Obvious and dull.
42. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
43. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
44. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
45. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
46. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
54. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
58. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
60. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
61. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
65. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
66. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
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1. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
2. A genus of Ploceidae.
3. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. An unforeseen obstacle.
7. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
8. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
9. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
10. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers.
11. Music performed for dancing the polka.
12. A populous province in northeastern China.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
31. (British) Your grandmother.
33. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
34. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
36. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
38. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
39. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. On or toward the lee.
48. God of love and erotic desire.
49. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
56. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
57. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
58. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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