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1. The probability of a specified outcome.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. A disdainful pouting grimace.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
24. Slightly open.
25. A master's degree in business.
28. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
30. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Before noon.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. 10 grams.
51. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
4. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
5. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
6. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
18. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. Being nine more than ninety.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. 35th President of the United States.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
33. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
36. God of death.
38. An elaborate song for solo voice.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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