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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
10. A local computer network for communication between computers.
13. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
14. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
17. In bed.
18. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
19. A quantity of no importance.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Covered with paving material.
37. A state of southwestern India.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
41. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
43. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
54. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
58. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. The mother of your father or mother.
64. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
66. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
67. An association of criminals.
68. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
69. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
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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. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. An uproarious party.
6. A means of serving.
7. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
8. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
9. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
10. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
11. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
12. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
20. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
21. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
32. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. A human limb.
36. An accountant certified by the state.
42. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
44. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
46. United States baseball player (born 1925).
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
53. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
54. Being nine more than forty.
55. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
56. A French abbot.
57. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
60. The residue that remains when something is burned.
62. An associate degree in applied science.
65. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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