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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. Before noon.
19. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
26. Jordan's port.
28. Lower in esteem.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. Divulge information or secrets.
45. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
47. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. A doctor's degree in education.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
5. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A slight amount or degree of difference.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Unknown god.
29. A white trivalent metallic element.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. (Welsh) A warrior god.
38. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
39. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
46. Extremely pleasing.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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