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1. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
5. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
24. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
25. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
26. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
28. 35th President of the United States.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
35. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
43. (botany) Especially of leaves.
46. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
49. The residue that remains when something is burned.
50. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
55. The cry made by sheep.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
8. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
9. Fallow deer.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. 1/10 gram.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Lacking self-confidence.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
47. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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