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1. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
4. Having few parts.
10. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Type genus of the Noctuidae.
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
20. The capital of Croatia.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
26. Relating to or resembling an ape.
28. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
31. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. How long something has existed.
33. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
39. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
42. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A slight amount or degree of difference.
46. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
59. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
63. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
64. An enclosed space.
65. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
67. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
68. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
69. A port city in southwestern Iran.
70. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
4. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
6. One million periods per second.
7. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
8. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
10. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
11. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
17. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
21. English monk and scholar (672-735).
25. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
27. Being nine more than forty.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. The month following August and preceding October.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
40. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments.
51. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
52. A state in north central United States.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
58. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A boy or man.
62. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
66. An associate degree in nursing.
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