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1. Willing to face danger.
5. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. The capital of Croatia.
17. In a mildly insane manner.
19. A genus of European owls.
20. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
21. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
27. The act of scanning.
31. A bluish shade of green.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
37. An informal term for a father.
38. God of wealth and love.
40. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
50. Grind together, of teeth.
54. Dwell (archaic).
55. (informal) Exceptionally good.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Capital and largest city of Italy.
61. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
62. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
63. A loud harsh or strident noise.
64. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
2. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
3. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
4. Register formally.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
11. A bachelor's degree in library science.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
18. Extremely pleasing.
22. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
25. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
26. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. Type genus of the Nepidae.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
35. Wood of any of various maple trees.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A foolish or nervous laugh.
44. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
45. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
48. A slender double-reed instrument.
49. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. Speaking a Slavic language.
53. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
56. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
60. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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