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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
7. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
11. Fallow deer.
12. 1/10 gram.
13. Large American feline resembling a lion.
14. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
23. Make less active or intense.
24. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
25. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
27. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. 35th President of the United States.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. In bed.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Extremely pleasing.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. The probability of a specified outcome.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
16. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
19. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. That is to say.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. (British slang) Cafe.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. Before noon.
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