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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
12. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
13. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. A castrated tomcat.
17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
18. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
39. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
51. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. A fraudulent business scheme.
54. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
4. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
5. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
6. Any plant of the genus Erica.
7. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
8. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
22. A state in north central United States.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
31. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
33. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
34. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
35. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. An informal term for a father.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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