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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
9. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
13. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
14. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
15. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
16. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
17. By bad luck.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. East Indian annual erect herb.
21. Deprive of by deceit.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
26. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
29. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
44. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
50. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
53. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
56. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
60. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
61. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
64. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
65. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
67. The longest division of geological time.
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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
3. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
4. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
5. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
6. The sign language used in the United States.
7. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
8. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
9. In the shape of a coil.
10. 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.
11. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
12. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
20. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
22. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
28. Having relatively few calories.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
37. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
39. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
40. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
43. Tag the base runner to get him out.
45. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
46. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
48. An oil port in southern Iraq.
51. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
52. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
55. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
58. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
59. A flexible container with a single opening.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. Unknown god.
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