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1. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
11. The month following March and preceding May.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
17. Step on it.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
19. Make less active or intense.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
30. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
31. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
36. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
40. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
48. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. In bed.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
4. A Russian river.
5. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
10. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
15. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
20. The cry made by sheep.
22. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
23. Lower in esteem.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A city in central New York.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
38. A Loloish language.
39. An informal term for a father.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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