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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. A feeling of intense anger.
12. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
18. An associate degree in nursing.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
22. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. (informal) Exceptionally good.
35. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. The cry made by sheep.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. The habitation of wild animals.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
54. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. The capital of Croatia.
40. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. The quantity a cask will hold.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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