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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
9. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Excessively fat.
18. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
19. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
22. In bed.
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
27. A light touch or stroke.
31. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
35. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
43. Jordan's port.
45. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
55. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
57. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
58. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
60. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
63. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
64. An enclosed space.
65. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
3. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
4. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
5. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
6. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
7. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
23. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. The site of an archeological exploration.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. A master's degree in business.
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
46. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
50. Type genus of the Ranidae.
51. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
53. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
56. A young woman making her debut into society.
61. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
62. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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