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1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A federally chartered savings bank.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. An informal term for a father.
16. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
17. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. An unwholesome atmosphere.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A yellow quartz.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
42. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
44. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. American novelist (1909-1955).
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. A light touch or stroke.
50. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
4. A Russian river.
5. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
6. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
9. Speaking a Slavic language.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. Inability to walk.
20. A motley assortment of things.
22. Affect with wonder.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
32. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
33. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
35. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
45. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
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