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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. Make less active or intense.
15. A quantity of no importance.
16. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
24. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
28. Type genus of the Amiidae.
34. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
35. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
36. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
37. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
39. French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
44. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
47. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
49. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. In the Roman calendar.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A white trivalent metallic element.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. A young woman making her debut into society.
9. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
10. 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.
11. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
19. (of eggs) No longer edible.
21. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
22. A state in New England.
23. The status of being acknowledged as a star.
27. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
29. God of death.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
32. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
33. The basic unit of money in Peru.
38. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
40. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
43. The basic unit of money in Finland.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Try to prevent.
46. Lower in esteem.
48. Jordan's port.
50. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
51. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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