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1. Unusually short.
5. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
14. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
15. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
16. Female black grouse.
17. Chief of the Vanir.
18. A Loloish language.
19. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
20. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
21. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.
24. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
26. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
27. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
43. A genus of Cichlidae.
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
58. Wild and domestic cattle.
61. (informal) Of the highest quality.
62. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
63. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. (Norse mythology) Wife of Loki.
2. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
3. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
4. An oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
5. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
6. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
7. Before noon.
8. A language group of the Hokan family.
9. Heavy filling (and usually starchy) food.
10. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
11. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
29. Avatar of Vishnu.
31. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
33. Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither.
36. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
37. Top part of an apron.
39. Martial music with variations.
40. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
46. Lower in esteem.
48. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
51. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
56. The cry made by sheep.
59. An uproarious party.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
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