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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. In bed.
9. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
13. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
14. An informal term for a father.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
17. A doctor's degree in education.
18. Excessively fat.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. Moderate or restrain.
24. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. (used informally) Very small.
28. A river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River.
31. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
35. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
36. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
42. A large city of central Poland.
44. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
46. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. The handle of a weapon or tool.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. Not only so, but.
59. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
62. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
65. A proportion multiplied by 100.
66. Used of a single unit or thing.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. An associate degree in applied science.
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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. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
4. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. English monk and scholar (672-735).
7. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Rapid and indistinct speech.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
12. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
20. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
22. A festival featuring African-American culture.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
29. At any time.
30. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
32. Toward the mouth or oral region.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
41. The distance around a person's body.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Being one more than fifty.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
52. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
53. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
55. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
60. A small piece of cloth.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.
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