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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
11. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
12. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
15. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
20. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
21. Extremely pleasing.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
43. The capital of Morocco.
45. Type genus of the Percidae.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A French abbot.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
5. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
6. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
9. A Loloish language.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
16. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
19. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
25. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
27. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
28. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Minor or subordinate.
33. An internal representation of the world.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. In bed.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The bill in a restaurant.
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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