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1. Pale gray.
5. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
11. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. An advanced law degree.
14. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Satisfy (thirst).
19. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
21. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
29. 1/10 gram.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
36. A severe or trying experience.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. A statute in draft before it becomes law.
46. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
52. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
3. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
4. Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg).
5. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
6. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
7. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
8. Speaking a Slavic language.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
20. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
25. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
38. Little known Kamarupan languages.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Towards the side away from the wind.
45. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
47. An honorary degree in science.
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