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1. A period of time spent sleeping.
4. French novelist and critic.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
20. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
22. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
24. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
28. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. An informal term for a father.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
43. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
46. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A master's degree in business.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
9. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
10. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
15. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
16. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
25. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
32. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
33. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. One million periods per second.
45. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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