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1. Being four more than fifty.
4. A fabric woven with lisle thread.
9. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. A city in northern India.
18. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
19. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A friendly nation.
27. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. The bill in a restaurant.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. Soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction.
44. Squash bugs.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
51. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
55. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
56. An informal term for a father.
58. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
60. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
61. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Mentally healthy.
64. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
3. Communicated in the form of words.
4. A long-playing phonograph record.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A person who lacks good judgment.
7. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
9. A deep bow.
10. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
11. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
12. Of businesses and businessmen.
17. A town in central Belgium.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
33. Type genus of the Amiidae.
34. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
35. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
38. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
39. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
41. A city in South Vietnam.
43. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
44. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
45. Wife of Balder.
46. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
52. Willing to face danger.
53. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
54. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
58. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
59. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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