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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Wild and domestic cattle.
7. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Former measure of the US economy.
15. Tag the base runner to get him out.
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
22. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
23. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. The cry made by sheep.
35. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
38. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
47. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
51. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. On or toward the lee.
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1. A desert in southern Israel.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. A byproduct of inflammation.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
7. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
10. A university in Connecticut.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. Avatar of Vishnu.
34. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
37. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
39. The face of a timepiece.
40. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
41. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
44. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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