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1. A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River.
5. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
7. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
11. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
12. An associate degree in nursing.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. An unofficial association of people or groups.
15. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
16. The highest level or degree attainable.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. Lower in esteem.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
37. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
52. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
3. A local computer network for communication between computers.
4. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
5. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
6. Squash bugs.
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
20. A town in north central Oklahoma.
23. Fallow deer.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. Jordan's port.
35. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
36. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
38. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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