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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
8. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
11. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. A boy or man.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. How long something has existed.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
36. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
46. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
50. A notable achievement.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
52. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. The content of cognition.
19. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An enclosed space.
23. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
35. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A quantity of no importance.
44. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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