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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Made of fir or pine.
16. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
17. An uproarious party.
19. Before noon.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
47. Being two more than fifty.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
49. A royal treasury.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. Not divisible by two.
5. of or relating to poetry.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. One thousandth of a second.
18. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
23. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
24. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. A state in the eastern United States.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
35. A Loloish language.
36. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
37. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
39. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
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