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1. A large number or amount.
5. A master's degree in business.
8. Gone by.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
15. (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.
17. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
18. Any of various units of capacity.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A motley assortment of things.
34. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
35. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
46. 1 species.
49. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
50. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
55. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
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1. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. 1/1000 gram.
6. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
21. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Framework for holding objects.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. In bed.
29. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
37. 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.
38. An elaborate song for solo voice.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. A French abbot.
45. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
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