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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
10. A chronic drinker.
13. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
14. Make less active or intense.
15. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
16. Belonging to some prior time.
17. A quantity of no importance.
19. Cut the head of.
21. A motley assortment of things.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
43. An enclosed space.
45. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
48. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
49. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
53. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
66. Of little importance or influence or power.
67. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
68. The residue that remains when something is burned.
69. Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
70. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
3. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
4. Toward the inside of the cheek.
5. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
12. A city in southeastern South Korea.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. Lower in esteem.
28. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. Used of the language of the deaf.
32. A Hindu prince or king in India.
34. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. A Loloish language.
46. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
51. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
54. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
55. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
58. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
59. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
61. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
62. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
63. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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