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1. A person who possesses great material wealth.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. The first light of day.
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
15. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
19. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
22. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
23. Tag the base runner to get him out.
24. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
26. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
29. Being one more than fifty.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. A pass between mountain peaks.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
41. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
44. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
49. In bed.
50. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
55. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
62. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
64. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
65. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
67. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. The capital and largest city of Austria.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. Belonging to some prior time.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
10. Largest known toad species.
11. A small tuft or lock.
12. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
21. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
25. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
27. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
28. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
30. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
31. Informal terms for a meal.
32. Distant in either space or time.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
37. A republic in West Africa.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. The father of your father or mother.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
43. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
46. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
48. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
52. A sudden short attack.
53. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
58. A flexible container with a single opening.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
63. A state in the eastern United States.
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