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1. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A book of the New Testament.
13. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
14. Jordan's port.
15. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
16. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. Coconut palms.
18. An instinctive motive.
19. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
21. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. In bed.
34. A unit of pressure.
35. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
38. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. A light touch or stroke.
51. By bad luck.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
58. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
59. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
2. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A kind of polyester fabric.
5. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
6. Any competition.
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. A steep descent of the water of a river.
9. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
10. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
11. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
20. A republic in northwestern South America.
22. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
29. One thousandth of a second.
30. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
32. A human limb.
36. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
37. A small piece of cloth.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
44. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. Type genus of the Majidae.
48. An unofficial association of people or groups.
49. A French abbot.
50. Advanced in years.
52. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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