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1. Related to or located at the back.
5. Hit hard.
9. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
17. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
18. A small tuft or lock.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
25. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
32. A city in east central Texas.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
41. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
42. Denuded of leaves.
43. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
47. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (psychiatry) A psychological disorder of thought or emotion.
56. Type genus of the Anatidae.
60. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
61. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
62. English monk and scholar (672-735).
63. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
64. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
6. An accidental happening.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
9. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
10. Type genus of the Apidae.
11. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
12. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
30. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
44. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
46. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
48. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
55. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. A boy or man.
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