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1. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
15. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. 10 grams.
26. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
35. A state in New England.
36. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. Overgrown with ivy.
45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. In addition.
50. A master's degree in business.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
54. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
55. The act of scanning.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
2. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
7. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
8. 1/1000 gram.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
27. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
28. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. A resident of Ohio.
34. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
37. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
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