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1. Select as an alternative.
4. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
10. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
13. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
14. (anatomy) Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A North American river.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. A port city in southwestern Iran.
24. Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
31. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. Situated at an apex.
36. Capital of modern Macedonia.
38. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. The square of a body of any size of type.
44. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
51. Be going to.
53. How long something has existed.
54. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
55. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
57. Top part of an apron.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter.
60. Fiddler crabs.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Type genus of the Pipidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
5. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
6. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
8. A nation in northern North America.
9. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
12. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
18. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
20. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. Cause to be embarrassed.
25. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
26. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A three-year law degree.
35. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. Be in contradiction with.
42. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
43. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
47. An indistinct shapeless form.
48. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
49. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
50. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. The money risked on a gamble.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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