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1. The act of scanning.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness.
29. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
33. 1/10 gram.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
42. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
46. Being nine more than ninety.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. A young woman making her debut into society.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. The airforce of Great Britain.
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1. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
2. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
3. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991.
22. A radioactive transuranic element.
24. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
26. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. Obvious and dull.
37. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
38. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
40. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
41. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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