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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. A master's degree in business.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
13. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
14. Jordan's port.
16. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
18. Unknown god.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Informal terms for a mother.
24. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
33. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
2. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
23. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
42. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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