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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Immediately past.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
5. God of fire.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
10. An informal term for a father.
16. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
22. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. An unofficial association of people or groups.
27. A doctor's degree in optometry.
30. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
48. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
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