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1. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
4. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
10. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
14. 1 species.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Put (things or places) in order.
18. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
20. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
22. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
24. Prepared by cutting.
27. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
28. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
30. Any taillike structure.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
33. A radioactive transuranic element.
34. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
38. South African term for `boss'.
41. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
44. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
45. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
46. A shape that sags.
48. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
53. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
61. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
64. An informal term for a father.
66. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
67. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
68. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
69. The last (12th) month of the year.
70. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
71. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
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1. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
2. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
3. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. A decree that prohibits something.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. A kind of person.
8. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
9. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
10. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
11. A vicious angry growl.
12. Suggestive of the supernatural.
17. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
19. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
21. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
23. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
25. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A sudden very loud noise.
35. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
36. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
37. An informal term for a father.
39. Depending on free oxygen or air.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
52. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. On or toward the lee.
55. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
56. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. An informal term for a father.
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
63. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
65. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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