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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Avatar of Vishnu.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
17. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
28. The month following January and preceding March.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
52. A French abbot.
53. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
4. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
5. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
6. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. Advanced in years.
15. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
16. 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.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
22. Fallow deer.
23. A resource.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. In bed.
36. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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