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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
12. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. COmmon Business Oriented Language.
24. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
25. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
26. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
28. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
30. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
33. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
37. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
40. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
41. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
46. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
48. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
54. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
56. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
57. An associate degree in nursing.
62. Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
63. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
72. The month following February and preceding April.
75. Jordan's port.
76. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
77. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
79. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
80. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
81. Bring order and organization to.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
5. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
6. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice.
7. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
8. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
9. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
10. Half the width of an em.
11. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
12. Tropical Asian starlings.
13. Chief port of Yemen.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. Argentinian cariama.
23. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
27. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
32. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
34. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
35. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
36. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
38. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
39. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
43. The month following July and preceding September.
44. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
47. A Russian river.
49. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
50. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
53. With no effort to conceal.
55. A dyed fabric.
58. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
59. The child of your aunt or uncle.
60. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
61. Big-eyed scad.
64. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. A short musical composition with words.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
74. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
78. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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