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1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
5. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
17. Singing jazz.
18. A Russian river.
19. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
32. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
34. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
38. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
42. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
43. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
45. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
47. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
49. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
50. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
53. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
55. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
56. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
57. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
63. 1 species.
66. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
67. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
68. Without moral standards or principles.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. South African term for `boss'.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A government tax on imports or exports.
5. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
6. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
7. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
9. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
10. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
11. Obvious and dull.
12. Jordan's port.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
31. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
33. An informal term for a father.
35. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
37. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
41. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
44. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Jordan's port.
54. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
58. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
59. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
60. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
65. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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