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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Lean end of the neck.
10. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. God of death.
14. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
15. A boy or man.
16. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
18. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
20. Of or in or relating to the nose.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
30. An unofficial association of people or groups.
34. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. American novelist (1909-1955).
38. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. British writer of novels who was born in India.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
47. Using speech rather than writing.
50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
52. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
56. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
58. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
61. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
62. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
63. The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment.
65. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
66. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
67. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
6. Harsh criticism or disapproval.
7. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Characteristic of a baby.
27. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
28. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
31. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
32. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
33. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
35. A quantity of no importance.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. A very large person.
43. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. Very fertile.
49. A Loloish language.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Slightly open.
53. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
54. A sudden short attack.
55. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
59. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
60. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
65. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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