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1. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
5. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
9. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
15. Any small compartment.
16. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
17. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
18. The content of cognition.
19. 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.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
25. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
28. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. Any plant of the genus Erica.
32. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. Any plant of the genus Inula.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
47. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
60. A bachelor's degree in theology.
61. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
63. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
64. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
65. Remove the yoke from, as of a draft animal.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
2. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
3. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
4. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
5. Type genus of the Loganiaceae.
6. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
10. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
11. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
12. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
27. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
39. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
44. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
45. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
54. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
57. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
58. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
62. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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