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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. Towards the side away from the wind.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Provided with artificial light.
14. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
44. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. A state in New England.
49. Offering fun and gaiety.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
55. Made of fir or pine.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
3. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
4. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
7. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
10. A city in central New York.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
39. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A slender double-reed instrument.
42. A Loloish language.
43. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. A light touch or stroke.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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