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1. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
4. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. (informal) Of the highest quality.
14. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. The first month of the year.
20. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
21. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
23. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
27. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
34. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
37. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. A genus of Ploceidae.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
54. Any plant of the genus Erica.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
58. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
61. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
62. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
63. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
65. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
66. Not in action or at work.
67. Lower in esteem.
68. Free from liquid or moisture.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
3. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
5. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
8. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
9. (India) Usually in combination.
10. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
17. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
22. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
28. Gather, as of as crops.
29. A quantity of no importance.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Greek mythology.
36. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A city in northern India.
46. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
49. Having help.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
52. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
56. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
59. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
60. An associate degree in applied science.
64. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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