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1. God of fire.
5. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
10. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
13. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
14. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
18. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
19. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
20. French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862).
22. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
24. Inability to walk.
25. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
32. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
35. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
39. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
44. Before noon.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A town in central Belgium.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
56. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
58. The longest division of geological time.
59. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
60. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
62. Long and light rowing boat.
63. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
64. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
65. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
2. A long fixed look.
3. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
4. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
7. Step on it.
8. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
11. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
23. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
26. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
28. A shape that sags.
29. A period of time spent sleeping.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. A heathen (especially a Muslim).
43. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
45. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
48. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
49. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
50. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
51. Japanese architect (born in 1913).
53. Give over.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. An informal term for a father.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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