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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. An accountant certified by the state.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
35. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
36. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Negation of a word or group of words.
49. Slightly open.
50. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
53. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. The act of scanning.
16. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. The cry made by sheep.
27. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A bachelor's degree in science.
31. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. Related on the mother's side.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
41. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. Free from liquid or moisture.
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