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1. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
4. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
11. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
12. American novelist (1909-1955).
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
14. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
16. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
18. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. A master's degree in business.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
41. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
45. (archaic) A fitting reward.
46. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
47. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. Black tropical American cuckoo.
51. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
53. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
54. An enclosed space.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
2. One thousandth of a second.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The content of cognition.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. Extremely pleasing.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
22. The sound made by corvine birds.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. A person forced to flee from home or country.
34. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
36. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
42. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
43. Of or relating to near the ear.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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