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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. Of or being the lowest female voice.
16. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. God of wealth and love.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
42. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A sudden short attack.
48. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
49. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
50. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
51. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
6. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
10. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
18. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
21. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. Late time of life.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
31. Sour or bitter in taste.
32. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
33. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
34. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
38. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
39. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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