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1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. A state in the eastern United States.
13. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
14. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. Common black European thrush.
17. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. Squash bugs.
22. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
26. Used in combination to denote the middle.
28. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A master's degree in education.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
4. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
5. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
6. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
7. Leafless East Indian vine.
8. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
9. Type genus of the Percidae.
10. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
15. A decree that prohibits something.
18. A deep bow.
19. An informal term for a father.
21. Used of the language of the deaf.
24. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
25. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
30. In bed.
32. A doctor's degree in optometry.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A French abbot.
39. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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