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1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Go trecking.
18. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
19. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
21. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923).
23. A federally chartered savings bank.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
33. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
39. A light touch or stroke.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. Type genus of the Hylidae.
44. How long something has existed.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. A slight amount or degree of difference.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. The habitation of wild animals.
66. An enclosed space.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
69. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
70. A city in central New York.
71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
2. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
3. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
4. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
5. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
6. Step on it.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
9. (British slang) Cafe.
10. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
11. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
12. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
20. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The residue that remains when something is burned.
36. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
37. Not in good physical or mental health.
38. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
40. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
42. A river in the east central United States.
43. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
48. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
51. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
52. A state in northwestern North America.
53. A cap with no brim or bill.
56. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
58. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
60. Baby bed with high sides.
62. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
63. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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