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1. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
4. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
10. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
13. An accidental happening.
14. King of the Huns.
15. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
16. Of or relating to or involving an area.
18. A town in north central Oklahoma.
19. Having leadership guidance.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. A boy or man.
24. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. The act of scanning.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
35. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
37. An audiotape recording of sound.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Administer an oil or ointment to.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
49. Covered with paving material.
53. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
56. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
58. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
59. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
62. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
63. A state of southwestern India.
64. Put into a rage.
65. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Offering fun and gaiety.
5. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
6. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
7. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
8. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
9. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
10. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
11. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
12. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
17. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
22. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
23. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
25. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
26. A French abbot.
29. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
30. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
34. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
38. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A card game for 2 players.
45. The habitation of wild animals.
46. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
47. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
50. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
51. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
52. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
54. Waterproofed canvas.
55. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
61. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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