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1. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Lower in esteem.
9. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
13. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
14. Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments.
15. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
16. A public promotion of some product or service.
17. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
18. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
35. A master's degree in business.
36. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
38. (informal) Roused to anger.
40. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
46. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
48. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
50. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
56. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
60. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
61. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
62. (music) Without breaks between notes.
64. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
65. British informal term.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
2. A blind god.
3. Being nine more than ninety.
4. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
5. Perennial herb of North America.
6. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any plant of the genus Erica.
9. A European river.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
20. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
21. Offering fun and gaiety.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
32. Of or relating to near the ear.
33. English monk and scholar (672-735).
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A light touch or stroke.
41. Dragonflies and damselflies.
44. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
45. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
47. Late time of life.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
53. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
54. Little known Kamarupan languages.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
63. A Russian river.
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