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1. Earlier than the present time.
5. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
12. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. 36th President of the United States.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A motley assortment of things.
26. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
28. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
41. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
45. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
49. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
52. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Type genus of the Sulidae.
4. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. One millionth of a gram.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
19. A son who has the same first name as his father.
20. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
31. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
34. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
36. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. One thousandth of a second.
40. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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