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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. Inquire about.
13. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
14. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
18. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
19. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
20. A deep bow.
22. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
24. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
26. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
29. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
36. An Anatolian language.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
42. By bad luck.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
50. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
53. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
57. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
62. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
63. A formation of people or things one beside another.
64. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
65. Tag the base runner to get him out.
66. Set down according to a plan.
67. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. The twelfth month of the civil year.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
10. A city in northern India.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
23. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
25. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
27. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
28. A quantity of no importance.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
40. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
43. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
46. The month following March and preceding May.
47. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. God of wealth and love.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
54. An elaborate song for solo voice.
55. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
56. A Loloish language.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. A boy or man.
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