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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
9. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.
15. A blind god.
16. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
17. American novelist (1909-1955).
18. The capital of Western Samoa.
19. A resort city in western Florida.
21. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
23. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
24. Not in action or at work.
25. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
27. A branch of the Tai languages.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Indigo bush.
38. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
42. With no effort to conceal.
43. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
47. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Any plant of the genus Erica.
55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
60. A light touch or stroke.
61. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
62. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
64. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
66. A town in central Belgium.
67. How long something has existed.
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1. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
2. Humble request for help.
3. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
6. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
9. Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.
10. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
11. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
30. Two items of the same kind.
32. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
34. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
36. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
39. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
40. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
47. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. The content of cognition.
53. 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.
54. A French abbot.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
59. An affirmative.
63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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