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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Tag the base runner to get him out.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
12. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
13. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
17. Fallow deer.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
22. The act of scanning.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. A light touch or stroke.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
47. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
51. Black tropical American cuckoo.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
54. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
4. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. By bad luck.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. Squash bugs.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Extremely pleasing.
26. South African term for `boss'.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
31. A master's degree in business.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
43. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
50. Being nine more than ninety.
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