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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
10. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
13. Seed of a pea plant.
14. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
15. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
22. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
32. 1/10 gram.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. An island of central Hawaii.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
47. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
51. A genus of Indriidae.
54. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
55. A beckoning gesture.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
58. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
59. Of a pale purple color.
60. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. Late time of life.
7. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
11. Being two more than sixty.
12. A bluish shade of green.
18. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
20. Jordan's port.
21. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
23. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
24. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
27. Type genus of the Ranidae.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. Unknown god.
43. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
44. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
45. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
46. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
48. Report or maintain.
49. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
50. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
52. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
53. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
56. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
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