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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
10. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
14. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening.
18. A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.
19. Obvious and dull.
21. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A grant made by a law court.
24. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
26. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. The cry made by sheep.
32. Before noon.
33. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
35. The location of something surrounded by other things.
40. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. A state in New England.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
51. (Welsh) A warrior god.
54. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
56. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
58. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
60. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
63. Physically and mentally fatigued.
65. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
69. Type genus of the Gavidae.
71. A thrusting blow with a knife.
72. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
73. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A city of central China.
4. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Covered with paving material.
7. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
8. (British) Your grandmother.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
10. Remove offensive capability from.
11. Resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand.
12. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. English architect (1746-1813).
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
29. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
31. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Slow to learn or understand.
37. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
38. 10 grams.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
44. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
45. Resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
51. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Very slow in tempo and broad in manner n.
53. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
55. The sacred city of Lamaism.
57. Give over.
59. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
61. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
62. A French abbot.
64. Noisy talk.
65. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
66. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
70. A state in the eastern United States.
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