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1. A state of southwestern India.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Malicious burning to destroy property.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
27. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
28. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
31. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
45. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
48. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
51. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
5. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
10. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Get or find back.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
25. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
26. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
32. Closed with a lace.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. (of wood) Darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
38. South African term for `boss'.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
44. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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