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1. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
4. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
10. Call upon in supplication.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
17. Liquid excretory product.
19. People having the same social or economic status.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
23. Of or relating to near the ear.
25. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
33. The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
37. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
38. An associate degree in applied science.
39. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A decree that prohibits something.
43. A state in New England.
44. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
51. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
53. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. The eleventh month of the civil year.
57. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
60. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
64. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
65. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
66. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
68. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
69. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
70. A motley assortment of things.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
2. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
3. A Nilotic language.
4. A bachelor's degree in music.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
7. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
11. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
18. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. Music performed for dancing the polka.
24. A steep descent of the water of a river.
26. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
28. A humorous anecdote or remark.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
32. The residue that remains when something is burned.
34. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
36. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
42. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
45. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
48. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
49. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
50. A means of serving.
52. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
58. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
59. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
61. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
62. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
63. The cry made by sheep.
67. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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