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1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
10. Inquire about.
13. Seed of a pea plant.
14. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. Leather with a napped surface.
19. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
21. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Lower in esteem.
28. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
33. Produced by a manufacturing process.
35. A French abbot.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
38. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
40. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
41. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. English monk and scholar (672-735).
51. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
55. The cry made by sheep.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
61. The brightest star in Cygnus.
63. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
64. A notable achievement.
65. The ending of a series or sequence.
66. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Perceive sound.
3. The mother of Jesus.
4. Speak in a nasal voice.
5. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
6. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
7. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
8. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
9. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
10. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
11. A fraudulent business scheme.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
18. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
20. Serving as or forming a base.
22. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
29. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
30. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
31. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Administer an oil or ointment to.
39. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
42. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. South African term for `boss'.
48. Praise, glorify, or honor.
49. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
50. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
52. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
53. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
54. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
57. A rapid bustling commotion.
58. Used of a single unit or thing.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. The square of a body of any size of type.
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