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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
15. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
25. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of food).
30. A master's degree in business.
32. Related on the mother's side.
33. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
35. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
44. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
55. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The first month of the year.
4. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
6. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
7. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
29. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A drama set to music.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
41. The highest level or degree attainable.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
45. A light touch or stroke.
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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