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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
15. An informal conversation.
16. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
23. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Of or in or relating to the nose.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
37. South African term for `boss'.
41. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
45. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
47. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. The habitation of wild animals.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
4. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
5. An unofficial association of people or groups.
6. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
7. The event of dying or departure from life.
8. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
18. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
33. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
36. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
37. A radioactive transuranic element.
38. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
44. Late time of life.
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