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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan.
10. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
15. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
18. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
20. One thousandth of a second.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Having help.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
27. A motley assortment of things.
31. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
38. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
44. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
50. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
67. On or toward the lee.
68. A boy or man.
69. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
2. By bad luck.
3. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
4. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
5. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
6. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
7. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. Tropical Asian starlings.
10. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. An unofficial association of people or groups.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Of people.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A humorous anecdote or remark.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A quantity that is added.
34. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
37. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
39. The content of cognition.
41. A bachelor's degree in science.
45. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
48. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
49. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
56. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. Not in good physical or mental health.
63. The cry made by sheep.
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