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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
5. State in northeastern India.
10. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
13. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
14. An island of central Hawaii.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
25. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
35. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. An honorary degree in science.
41. A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. Music performed for dancing the polka.
51. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
54. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye.
56. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
58. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
59. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
60. A gum resin from the conium hemlock tree.
62. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
63. Situated at the top or highest position.
64. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
3. A state in northwestern North America.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. An unforeseen obstacle.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
9. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
10. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
11. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
18. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
20. Type genus of the Amiidae.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. Knock unconscious or senseless.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. A boy or man.
33. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. The striking of one body against another.
43. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
46. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
48. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
53. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
54. A tight-fitting headdress.
55. God of the Underworld.
57. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
61. A state in southeastern United States.
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