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1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
12. British informal term.
15. Seed of a pea plant.
16. An endowed church office giving income to its holder.
17. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. Advance evidence for.
20. Indigo bush.
22. Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered.
24. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
25. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
26. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
28. An ancient city is southern Greece.
31. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
34. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Coarse edible red seaweed.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Having accompaniment or companions or escort.
49. Being one more than two.
50. The lowest brass wind instrument.
51. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
52. The fur of the North American racoon.
55. Before noon.
56. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
57. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
65. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
69. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
70. An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. A bluish shade of green.
73. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
74. By bad luck.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Heal or recover.
3. God of death.
4. A port city in southwestern Iran.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
7. Use again after processing.
8. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
9. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Felt hat with a creased crown.
12. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
13. On or toward the lee.
14. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
21. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
30. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
32. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
33. A semiautomatic rifle.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. (Scotland) A landowner.
40. Place in a grave or tomb.
41. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
42. A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea.
45. Two items of the same kind.
46. Relating to or characterized by atrophy.
47. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
48. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
53. Of or like a cecum.
54. Blood-sucking African fly.
58. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
59. A distinguished female operatic singer.
60. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
61. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
62. The food served and eaten at one time.
63. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
66. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
67. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
68. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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