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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
16. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
18. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
19. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
20. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
22. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
27. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
29. State in northeastern India.
32. (informal) Very tired.
36. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
42. Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played.
43. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
44. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
47. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
48. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
49. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
52. A government order imposing a trade barrier.
54. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
55. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
57. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
58. A light touch or stroke.
59. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
61. To move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open.
63. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
67. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
70. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
73. Make attractive or lovable.
76. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
77. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
78. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
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1. Belonging to some prior time.
2. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water.
3. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
4. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
5. A single splash.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. Lacking excess flesh.
8. Painted beauty and red admiral.
9. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
10. (British) Informal term for information.
11. A cgs unit of work or energy.
12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
25. The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people.
26. Before noon.
28. Of a leaf shape.
30. A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Place in a grave or tomb.
34. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
35. The chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc..
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
38. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
39. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
41. A large quantity of written matter.
45. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high).
46. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
50. A Brazilian river.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
60. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
65. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
69. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
74. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
75. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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