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1. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
4. (informal) Exceptionally good.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
12. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
18. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
20. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. A master's degree in business.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
40. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. Extremely pleasing.
50. A genus of Mustelidae.
51. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
52. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
53. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
2. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
6. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
7. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A light touch or stroke.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. An informal term for a father.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
37. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. A French abbot.
43. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
44. A city of central China.
46. God of the earth.
47. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
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