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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A light touch or stroke.
15. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. Lower in esteem.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. A young woman making her debut into society.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
42. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
54. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
55. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
57. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
58. An associate degree in applied science.
59. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
60. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
20. 1 species.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
44. Not only so, but.
46. A Scottish word.
47. A primeval personification of air and breath.
48. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
50. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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