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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
10. The sign language used in the United States.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. In a racy manner.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
17. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
21. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
23. Very attentive or observant.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
33. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
46. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
47. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. Type genus of the Hylidae.
51. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. Lower in esteem.
58. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. Sour or bitter in taste.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
66. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. (Greek mythology) The goddess of health.
71. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. Of or relating to alga.
3. The third month of the civil year.
4. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. The act of scanning.
7. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
8. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
9. The seed of the cereal grass.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A fraudulent business scheme.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
20. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
30. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
32. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
35. A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. A light touch or stroke.
44. Traveling on horseback.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
61. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
62. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
63. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
67. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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