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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
14. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
15. indicate by signs.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
19. Provided with artificial light.
20. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
23. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
25. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
26. A light touch or stroke.
28. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. A major god.
34. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
36. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. Being one more than ninety.
43. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A city in northeastern China.
53. An authoritative person who divines the future.
56. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
59. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
63. Black tropical American cuckoo.
64. Away from the mouth or oral region.
66. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
67. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. A decree that prohibits something.
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1. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
3. Jordan's port.
4. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
7. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
8. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926).
11. A farewell remark.
12. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
18. The quantity that can be contained in the arms.
21. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
24. Type genus of the Anatidae.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. The act of scanning.
38. A resource.
39. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
42. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
48. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
54. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
60. A pass between mountain peaks.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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