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1. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
4. Having branches.
10. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. An audiotape recording of sound.
14. A card game for 2 players.
15. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. Having been read.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
22. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
24. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
31. Any plant of the genus Erica.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
39. Fiddler crabs.
41. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. A festival featuring African-American culture.
50. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
55. The capital of Morocco.
57. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
61. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
62. A master's degree in education.
64. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
65. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
66. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
67. On or toward the lee.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. A major god.
4. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
7. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
8. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
9. Induce to have sex.
10. Being in a tense state.
11. A large indefinite number.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
21. One millionth of a gram.
23. Of or relating to or containing barium.
25. In bed.
28. The last (12th) month of the year.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
33. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
34. Used of a single unit or thing.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
42. Any of various small biting flies.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
47. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
48. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
49. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
51. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
52. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
53. Stir up or tend.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
59. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
60. An enclosed space.
61. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
63. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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