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1. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
4. A desert in central Asia.
8. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia).
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
14. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
16. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
20. How long something has existed.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. An informal term for a father.
32. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
41. The airforce of Great Britain.
43. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
45. Any competition.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
48. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
8. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
9. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
10. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
19. Not fed.
21. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Having two axes.
31. The largest city of Cameroon.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A three-tone Chadic language.
42. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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