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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
8. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
13. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
22. Extremely pleasing.
23. Jordan's port.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Any of various units of capacity.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Fallow deer.
36. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. Top part of an apron.
48. A quantity that is added.
50. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
5. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
6. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
7. Untie the lashing of.
8. Not in good physical or mental health.
9. City in Sudan.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A woman of refinement.
24. Unknown god.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. Before noon.
37. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. A quantity of no importance.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
49. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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