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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
7. A French abbot.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. An old Scottish coin of little value.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. Call upon in supplication.
30. Visionary British poet (1757-1827).
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
48. A periodic paperback publication.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. The cry made by sheep.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
4. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
5. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Denuded of leaves.
10. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
22. A master's degree in business.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
26. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. God of wealth and love.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
39. In bed.
40. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. Young sheep.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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