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1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
14. That is to say.
16. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. A person forced to flee from home or country.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
27. Of or like a cecum.
31. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A light touch or stroke.
39. The month following July and preceding September.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
48. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
50. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Be obliged to pay or repay.
54. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
4. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
9. Fallow deer.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. 1 species.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Tag the base runner to get him out.
33. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. South African term for `boss'.
44. Not divisible by two.
46. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
47. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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