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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. An accountant certified by the state.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
13. Divulge information or secrets.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
35. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
36. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. Avatar of Vishnu.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Negation of a word or group of words.
49. Slightly open.
50. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
53. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
6. The face of a timepiece.
7. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
23. The cry made by sheep.
27. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A bachelor's degree in science.
31. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. Related on the mother's side.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
41. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. The month following February and preceding April.
46. 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).
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