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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
15. A local computer network for communication between computers.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. An awkward stupid person.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. The cry made by sheep.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A river in southeastern France.
42. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
46. Strong and sharp.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
53. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
2. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
3. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
4. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. 1/10 gram.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A master's degree in business.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
34. How long something has existed.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. United States baseball player (born 1925).
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
44. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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