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1. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
4. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. 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.
14. Seed of a pea plant.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
24. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
25. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
42. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
43. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
47. The month following April and preceding June.
48. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
52. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. The brightest star in Virgo.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
9. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. The cry made by sheep.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
37. Make amends for.
38. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. South African term for `boss'.
44. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
47. Adult female chicken.
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