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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
10. Noisy talk.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
17. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
18. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
19. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
21. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
26. The sport of gliding on skates.
30. A group of southern Bantu languages.
34. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
38. Before noon.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. Not widely known.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. In bed.
47. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
52. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
54. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
64. Fiddler crabs.
65. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
67. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
68. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
69. Ground snakes.
70. Having leadership guidance.
71. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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1. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
2. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A three-year law degree.
7. A native-born Israeli.
8. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
9. A formally arranged gathering.
10. Not only so, but.
11. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
12. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
20. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
22. An athlete who plays basketball.
24. Half the width of an em.
27. God of love and erotic desire.
28. A kind of person.
29. Offering fun and gaiety.
31. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
32. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
43. Covered with paving material.
44. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
46. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
49. Jordan's port.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
55. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
56. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
57. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
58. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
62. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
63. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
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