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1. A French abbot.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
7. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. In bed.
15. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
27. The cry made by sheep.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
32. Being ten more than eighty.
34. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
45. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
48. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
49. A master's degree in fine arts.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
54. A unit of pressure.
55. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
56. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
6. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
7. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
9. Type genus of the Nepidae.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
20. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
21. Top part of an apron.
22. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
23. The capital of Switzerland.
25. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
38. Jordan's port.
41. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
43. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
44. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
46. Preserve of crushed fruit.
47. A flexible container with a single opening.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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