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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
10. Select as an alternative.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
16. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
18. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
22. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus.
24. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. Of or being the lowest female voice.
36. Basic principles of the cosmos.
37. A genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae.
40. A light touch or stroke.
41. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
42. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
43. Make less active or intense.
46. Patron saint of shoemakers.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
51. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. The month following February and preceding April.
65. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
66. Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots.
68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
69. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
70. An internal representation of the world.
71. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
2. Little known Kamarupan languages.
3. Something causes misery or death.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. The cause or intention underlying an action or situation esp in the phrase "the whys and wherefores".
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
9. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. Type genus of the Pipidae.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. The verbal act of offering.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. The act of scanning.
25. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
31. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
33. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
34. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
35. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
38. A very light brown.
39. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
44. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
45. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
47. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
49. A state in northwestern North America.
52. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
56. Type genus of the Amiidae.
57. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
61. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
62. A unit of pressure.
63. The cry made by sheep.
67. Being nine more than ninety.
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