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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
8. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. Avatar of Vishnu.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
15. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
29. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An affirmative.
46. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
47. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
48. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
49. Offering fun and gaiety.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Before noon.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
9. Not easy.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. 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.
27. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
33. Lower in esteem.
35. Advanced in years.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
39. In bed.
40. Fallow deer.
42. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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