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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
13. A human limb.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. A Spanish river.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
21. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
23. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
26. A French abbot.
30. An associate degree in applied science.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
43. Lacking excess flesh.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
55. A Russian river.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
6. The first light of day.
7. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
8. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. A city in northern India.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
22. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. In bed.
42. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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