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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. An associate degree in applied science.
15. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
16. God of the earth.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
32. A genus of Ploceidae.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. A Loloish language.
54. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
55. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
56. Distant in either space or time.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A human female who does housework.
3. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
4. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
5. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
8. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
18. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
20. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
22. Jordan's port.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A state in north central United States.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. South African term for `boss'.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
49. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
51. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
53. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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