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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
14. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. Before noon.
19. Using speech rather than writing.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. Found along western Atlantic coast.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. An associate degree in applied science.
38. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
41. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
45. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Rounded like an egg.
53. The fatty flesh of eel.
54. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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1. Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds.
2. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
3. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
6. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. A person forced to flee from home or country.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
15. By bad luck.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
35. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
36. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
42. A characteristic state or mode of living.
43. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
48. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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