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1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
4. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
9. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
13. An accidental happening.
14. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
15. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
16. On or toward the lee.
18. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
19. A quantity of no importance.
20. Covered with paving material.
21. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
23. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
25. Not only so, but.
28. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
29. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
33. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
35. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
38. A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. Informal terms for money.
43. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
47. (informal) Exceptionally good.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Bringing death.
62. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
63. A bachelor's degree in theology.
64. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
66. (informal) Roused to anger.
67. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
68. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Hit hard.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. That is to say.
5. 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.
6. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
7. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
8. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
9. Curving inward.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Give over.
12. By bad luck.
17. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
22. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
24. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
26. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
27. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
30. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
36. A thrusting blow with a knife.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
40. A stiff cap with ridges across the crown.
41. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
44. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
48. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
49. A Mid-Atlantic state.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
52. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
54. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. An informal term for a father.
60. The residue that remains when something is burned.
61. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
65. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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