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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
10. An accountant certified by the state.
13. Of inferior or mixed breed.
14. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
18. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
19. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
20. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
22. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
24. Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States.
26. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
30. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
33. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. A city in northwestern Syria.
38. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
43. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
45. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
47. A state in northwestern North America.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
55. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
57. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
60. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
62. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
64. The cry made by sheep.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
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1. A theatrical performer.
2. Small donkey used as a pack animal.
3. When two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'.
4. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. The capital and largest city of Japan.
7. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
10. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
11. Marked by the reception of pay.
12. A city in northern India.
17. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
21. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
23. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
25. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. Speaking a Slavic language.
29. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
34. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
37. One of the common people.
39. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.
40. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
44. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
51. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
54. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
56. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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