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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
10. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
13. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
15. Take in solid food.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
21. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
23. Young sheep.
26. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
27. Having winglike extensions.
31. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
33. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
39. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
41. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
54. Covered with paving material.
57. A form of Japanese poetry.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. Of or at or relating to an anode.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
67. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
68. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
69. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
70. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
71. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. A mythical Greek hero.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Of or relating to the kidneys.
6. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
7. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
10. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
11. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
12. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
20. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
22. In bed.
24. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
25. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
28. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. The month following July and preceding September.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
49. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
50. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
55. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
56. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
57. An informal term for a father.
58. A quantity of no importance.
59. God of love and erotic desire.
60. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
63. A loud harsh or strident noise.
64. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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