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1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. A quantity of no importance.
14. The last (12th) month of the year.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. A public promotion of some product or service.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
28. Type genus of the Majidae.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Singing jazz.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
43. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
46. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. Being one more than nine.
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
8. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
21. Jordan's port.
22. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
23. American novelist (1909-1955).
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
31. The cry made by sheep.
34. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
35. A genus of Laridae.
37. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
38. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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