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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. South African term for `boss'.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. The residue that remains when something is burned.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The skin that covers the top of the head.
26. The capital of Croatia.
29. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
31. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
32. A light touch or stroke.
35. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
41. Extremely pleasing.
45. A French abbot.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
50. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. One thousandth of a second.
3. A doctor's degree in theology.
4. A game played with young children.
5. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
20. At or constituting a border or edge.
22. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
23. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. Of or relating to or involving an area.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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