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1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
4. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
10. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. An unwholesome atmosphere.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
18. Of or relating to the spinal cord.
20. The act of scanning.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. An endorsement.
24. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
36. Clean or orderly.
40. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
43. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
49. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
57. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
63. Of or at or relating to an anode.
64. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
65. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
66. A city of southeastern Mexico.
67. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
9. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
11. A notice of someone's death.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. How long something has existed.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
31. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
32. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. (trademark) An antacid.
44. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
50. Not widely known.
51. An island northwest of Wales.
53. Set down according to a plan.
54. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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