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1. The month following August and preceding October.
4. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
7. 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.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. A byproduct of inflammation.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
17. The content of cognition.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
22. Top part of an apron.
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. 1/10 gram.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. An iconic mental representation.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
51. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
52. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
53. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
2. Escape, either physically or mentally.
3. Very light colored.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
6. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
7. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
9. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
10. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
16. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
23. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
26. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
42. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
46. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
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