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1. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. 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).
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
15. The face of a timepiece.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
29. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
38. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
45. A master's degree in business.
46. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
48. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
2. A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.
3. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
4. The probability of a specified outcome.
5. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
8. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
9. By bad luck.
10. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. An accountant certified by the state.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
31. French novelist.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
47. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
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