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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. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs.
11. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
15. Seed of a pea plant.
16. A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
17. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
21. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
31. Of or involving the ovaries.
34. A sharply directional antenna.
35. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
37. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
38. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
42. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. Included seven times in every 19 years.
45. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. In bed.
53. Large Indian antelope.
55. Any competition.
57. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
61. A person from whom you are descended.
66. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
67. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
68. Of a pale purple color.
70. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
72. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.
73. Any plant of the genus Episcia.
75. The foot of a human being.
76. A polite name for any woman.
77. By chance.
78. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Perceive sound.
3. The mother of Jesus.
4. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
5. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
6. A branch of the Tai languages.
7. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
8. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
9. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. One who adheres to traditional views.
12. Impressive in appearance.
13. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
14. Fill to satisfaction.
20. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
22. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
23. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
26. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. French composer (1818-1893).
29. Thin and paperlike.
30. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
32. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
33. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Middle-distance iron.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
44. A domestic servant.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
54. Not fully developed or mature.
56. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
60. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
62. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
63. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
64. A city in northwestern Syria.
65. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
69. (Irish) The sea personified.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
74. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
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