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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
9. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. Sour or bitter in taste.
15. The emotion of hate.
16. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
19. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
21. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. In bed.
26. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. A Loloish language.
47. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
49. 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).
52. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
54. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
56. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
60. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
61. Express or utter with a hiss.
62. A sudden short attack.
63. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
64. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
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1. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
2. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
7. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
10. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
11. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
12. Composed of or covered with relatively large particles.
17. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
18. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
20. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
37. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
38. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
41. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
43. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. English monk and scholar (672-735).
50. German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926).
51. Held back.
53. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
55. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
56. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
58. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
59. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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