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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others.
10. How long something has existed.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
19. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The highest level or degree attainable.
28. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
31. Common Indian weaverbird.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. A master's degree in business.
38. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
41. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
43. East Indian flying squirrel.
45. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end.
48. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
55. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
57. Relating to the condition of immunity.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. Of or at or relating to an anode.
64. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
66. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
5. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
6. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
7. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
8. The seventh and last day of the week.
9. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
10. The supreme commander of a fleet.
11. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
12. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
18. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
20. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
21. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. The act of scanning.
33. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
34. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
39. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
40. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. 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.
46. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
47. A genus of Lamnidae.
51. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. In bed.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
58. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
59. Tag the base runner to get him out.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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