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1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic.
17. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
18. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. (British) Informal term for information.
21. Being connected or associated.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. Fruit of the oak tree.
25. A city in central Texas.
26. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
27. A view of the sea.
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. Out of fashion.
35. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
39. Adult female chicken.
40. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
48. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
49. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
50. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
53. Before noon.
54. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
57. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
60. American novelist (1909-1955).
61. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
70. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
71. Of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism.
72. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
73. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
74. A long slender cigar.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
2. A formal expression of praise.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. (botany) Of leaves.
6. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
7. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
8. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
9. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
11. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
12. The emotion of hate.
13. A primeval personification of air and breath.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
19. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
22. United States journalist (1889-1974).
28. An enclosed space.
29. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
32. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
33. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
34. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
36. Common Indian weaverbird.
37. (of securities) Bought and sold on a stock exchange.
38. Young sheep.
42. Abounding with sunlight.
43. A slow pace of running.
44. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
46. A native American tent.
47. Small toucan.
51. God of wisdom or prophesy.
52. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
55. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
56. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
62. A primeval personification of air and breath.
63. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. God of love and erotic desire.
67. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
68. A strong emotion.
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