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1. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
4. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
15. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
25. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
28. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
36. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
38. Cause to go crazy.
40. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
43. By bad luck.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. One millionth of a gram.
4. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
5. The capital and largest city of Japan.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A boy or man.
20. The cry made by sheep.
22. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
37. God of wealth and love.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A coffin along with its stand.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
48. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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