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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
12. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
16. A genus of Malayan tree.
17. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
18. A harsh noise made by scraping.
19. Belonging to some prior time.
21. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
26. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
27. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
30. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
31. The capital of Western Samoa.
35. A branch of the Tai languages.
37. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
39. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
40. Obvious and dull.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
50. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
53. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
56. Common house and field crickets.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
64. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
65. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
66. Among the largest bony fish.
69. A Hindu prince or king in India.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
78. A boy or man.
79. Remaining after all deductions.
80. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
82. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
83. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
3. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
4. Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
8. An association of criminals.
9. Genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico.
10. Youthful appearance in an old person.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. A state in the western United States.
13. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
20. A woman of refinement.
22. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
25. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
28. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
29. French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes.
32. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880).
33. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
34. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
36. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
38. 16 ounces.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
42. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
51. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
59. Person who does no work.
60. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
61. People having the same social or economic status.
63. All the plant life in a particular region.
67. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
68. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
72. The sixth month of the civil year.
75. An accountant certified by the state.
76. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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