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1. Cut off from a whole.
4. With no effort to conceal.
8. Inquire about.
11. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
15. An unofficial association of people or groups.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
20. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
49. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
2. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
3. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
4. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. A local computer network for communication between computers.
7. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. An informal term for a father.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
41. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A bachelor's degree in science.
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