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1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
4. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
10. An accountant certified by the state.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. The habitation of wild animals.
19. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
20. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
22. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
24. First in order of birth.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. An honorary degree in science.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Being one more than fifty.
32. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
34. Fallow deer.
36. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
43. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
48. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
52. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
64. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
65. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
66. A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean.
68. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
70. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
71. A rapid bustling commotion.
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1. Type genus of the Nepidae.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
8. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
9. Of or relating to or near the nares.
10. The longest river of Asia.
11. Type genus of the Percidae.
12. American dramatist (1928- ).
17. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
21. A notable achievement.
23. English essayist (1775-1834).
25. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
33. Baby bed with high sides.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
38. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
48. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
49. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
52. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
55. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
59. A genus of European owls.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
63. An associate degree in applied science.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
67. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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