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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
9. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
13. Seed of a pea plant.
14. Administer an oil or ointment to.
15. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
16. Take in solid food.
17. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
18. The face of a timepiece.
19. Perversely irritable.
21. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
23. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
24. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. A Russian river.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
41. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
42. Of or like a cecum.
45. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
46. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
47. Chief port of Yemen.
49. A French abbot.
51. Periapsis in Earth orbit.
54. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
58. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
59. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
62. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
63. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
64. In a foreign country.
66. Step on it.
67. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
3. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
6. (geology) Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers.
7. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
8. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
9. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
10. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
11. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
12. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
29. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
30. The sixth month of the civil year.
31. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
32. Divulge information or secrets.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A state in northwestern North America.
38. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
40. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
43. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
44. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
48. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
50. English monk and scholar (672-735).
51. A young woman making her debut into society.
52. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
53. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Characteristic of false pride.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
61. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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