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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Land and buildings together considered as a place of business.
12. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Take up residence and become established.
17. An accountant certified by the state.
18. A tight-fitting headdress.
19. To exhaust by excessive cultivation, of land.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
21. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
29. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
30. King of Wessex.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
40. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
41. A port city in southwestern Iran.
44. (British informal) Not to be deceived or hoodwinked n 1.
48. A container.
49. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
51. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
54. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
57. A form of address for a man.
58. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
61. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
67. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
68. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
70. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
71. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
74. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. Flowering plant with two cotyledons.
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. From the kapok tree.
4. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
5. To patch up or renovate.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
8. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
9. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
10. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College.
11. The month following August and preceding October.
12. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
24. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
27. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
32. Attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means).
33. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
35. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
36. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
43. A Russian river.
45. Preceding all others in time.
46. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
47. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
50. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
55. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
56. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
59. Indigo bush.
60. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
62. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
63. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
64. Memorization by repetition.
65. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
66. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
72. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
73. A white trivalent metallic element.
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