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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Being two more than fifty.
47. A bachelor's degree in theology.
48. The basic unit of money in Iran.
49. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
50. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
51. An awkward stupid person.
52. A unit of pressure.
53. Before noon.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. A Russian river.
5. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
6. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Jordan's port.
22. Being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry.
24. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
35. True firs.
36. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
42. A city in northwestern Syria.
44. A republic in central Europe.
45. A kind of person.
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