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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
15. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
16. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
17. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
18. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
21. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
23. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
27. German composer of operas (1714-1787).
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
37. A light touch or stroke.
38. The act of scanning.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
51. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
53. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
55. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
58. 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.
59. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
61. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
62. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
63. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Avatar of Vishnu.
2. Toward the mouth or oral region.
3. A three-tone Chadic language.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
6. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
7. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
8. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
9. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
10. Advanced in years.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
20. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
22. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
26. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. 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.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. Advanced in years.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
46. annoy continually or chronically.
47. A genus of Platalea.
48. A native-born Israeli.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
52. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
53. A Mid-Atlantic state.
54. A quantity of no importance.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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