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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
13. Stalk of a moss capsule.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. A city in northern India.
16. A haulage contractor.
18. An elaborate song for solo voice.
19. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
21. An informal term for a father.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
26. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
37. A widely distributed rock-forming feldspar.
39. A city and port in northern Jutland.
41. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
42. Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
46. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
54. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. One thousandth of a second.
60. Range of what one can know or understand.
61. English monk and scholar (672-735).
62. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
63. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
2. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
3. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A native of ancient Troy.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
12. A quantity of no importance.
17. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
20. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
24. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.
25. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
27. River in eastern Asia.
28. 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.
30. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
31. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
32. Being in a tense state.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Lower in esteem.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
40. Primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles.
41. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
43. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
47. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
48. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
51. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. In bed.
53. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
55. A boy or man.
56. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
59. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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