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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.
10. Any of various units of capacity.
13. How long something has existed.
14. In great numbers.
15. A column of light (as from a beacon).
16. A strong emotion.
17. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
21. Large Indian antelope.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. Wood of a larch tree.
38. One million periods per second.
39. (anatomy) Any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. Adopted in order to deceive.
46. A Loloish language.
48. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
49. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
52. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
54. A deep bow.
56. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
60. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
61. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
69. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
2. A city in northern India.
3. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
4. God of fire.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. To an excessive degree.
8. Extremely robust.
9. Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
11. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
12. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
20. Baby bed with high sides.
22. An island of central Hawaii.
24. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. Strike sharply.
36. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
37. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
40. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
41. Not equal in amount.
44. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
47. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. To fix or set securely or deeply.
53. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
54. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
55. American novelist (1909-1955).
57. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
62. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
66. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
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