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1. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
5. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
10. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
14. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
15. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
16. At full speed.
18. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
19. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
20. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
22. Of or belonging to an aecium.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. Not easy.
27. An account describing incidents or events.
30. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. In a mildly insane manner.
38. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
42. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. Lower in esteem.
51. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
54. A university in Connecticut.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
60. An informal term for a father.
63. The capital and largest city of Japan.
64. Capital of Armenia.
66. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
67. The habitation of wild animals.
68. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
69. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. God of the Underworld.
3. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
4. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
8. Having the skin scraped off.
9. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
10. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
11. Depressing in character or appearance.
12. (archaic) Of persons.
17. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A professional cook.
25. Being nine more than ninety.
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
31. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
33. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
35. A three-tone Chadic language.
36. 16 ounces.
37. A soft silvery metallic element.
39. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
40. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
41. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. American dwarf fan palms.
50. Any plant of the genus Erica.
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
53. Very dark black.
54. How long something has existed.
55. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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