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1. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
4. A cart that is drawn by an ox.
10. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague).
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
22. A telegram sent abroad.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A Hindu prince or king in India.
35. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
40. A street of small shops (especially in Orient).
44. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
45. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
46. A Russian river.
47. Muslim name for God.
49. A bachelor's degree in music.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
66. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
68. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
69. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
70. A port city in southwestern Iran.
71. Range of what one can know or understand.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
3. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Being ten more than thirty.
6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
9. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
12. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
17. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
29. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
32. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
33. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
36. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. A French abbot.
42. A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
43. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
48. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
55. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
57. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
58. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
59. Very dark black.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
67. An associate degree in nursing.
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