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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A state of equilibrium.
12. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
20. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
22. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
23. A doctor's degree in optometry.
24. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
26. God of the Underworld.
29. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
44. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
45. In bed.
47. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
49. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. A drama set to music.
57. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
59. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
61. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
62. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
65. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
67. The capital of Turkey.
70. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
71. Half the width of an em.
72. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
74. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975).
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
81. (Babylonian) The sky god.
82. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
83. Undergo resorption.
84. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
5. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
6. A town in central Belgium.
7. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
12. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
13. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
14. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
21. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
25. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
27. The mints.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
30. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
32. United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987).
33. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
34. Slanderous defamation.
35. Ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing.
38. A city in northern India.
39. A particular environment or walk of life.
43. Not only so, but.
46. English monk and scholar (672-735).
48. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
50. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
51. The front limb (or homologous structure in other animals such as a flipper or wing).
56. Wood of a pecan tree.
58. Largest flying birds in the western hemisphere.
60. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
63. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
64. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
66. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
68. Informal terms for money.
69. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
73. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
75. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
76. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
77. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
80. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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