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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
19. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
28. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
32. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. 10 grams.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. A tight-fitting headdress.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. Made of fir or pine.
2. The back side of the neck.
3. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
4. Extremely pleasing.
5. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
6. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A small nail.
26. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. South African term for `boss'.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. A bachelor's degree in science.
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