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1. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
4. Covered with scabs.
10. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
13. How long something has existed.
14. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
22. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
24. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
27. Bringing death.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
42. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
45. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
47. Little known Kamarupan languages.
49. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
50. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
53. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
57. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
58. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
61. An associate degree in applied science.
62. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
63. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
65. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
68. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. Jordan's port.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. God of wealth and love.
9. The capital and largest city of Japan.
10. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
17. Affect with wonder.
21. In bed.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
28. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
29. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. Edible viscera of a fowl.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
46. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
48. Cause to ripen.
51. Very dark black.
52. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. A female domestic.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
59. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
60. The cry made by sheep.
64. An expression of greeting.
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