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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
8. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
11. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
12. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
16. The sign language used in the United States.
17. The square of a body of any size of type.
19. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
21. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
26. Similar to the color of jade.
28. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. An associate degree in nursing.
43. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
53. Being of delicate or slender build.
54. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
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1. A desert in southern Israel.
2. A Hindu religious teacher.
3. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
4. Towards the shore from the water.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. Not only so, but.
9. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
10. A master's degree in library science.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A Hindu prince or king in India.
22. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
25. Call upon in supplication.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Unknown god.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
36. Take away the weapons from.
38. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
39. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. South African term for `boss'.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
48. 1/10 gram.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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