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1. A master's degree in library science.
5. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. In bed.
14. The act of scanning.
15. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
16. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
17. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
25. A fraudulent business scheme.
27. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
30. Filaments from a cobweb.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
40. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
43. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. The cry made by sheep.
49. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
51. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
52. Fiddler crabs.
53. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
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1. (Old Testament) The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus.
2. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. Any of various units of capacity.
6. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
7. A deep bow.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. Top part of an apron.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Hit hard.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
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