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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
8. An honorary law degree.
11. A loud harsh or strident noise.
12. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
13. Being one more than two.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
17. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
30. A master's degree in business.
33. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
34. A bachelor's degree in religion.
36. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. 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.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
51. Top part of an apron.
52. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
53. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. American Revolutionary patriot.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
5. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
6. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
7. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
8. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
9. Being three more than fifty.
10. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
35. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
38. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
39. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
41. A French abbot.
42. Anything that serves as an enticement.
43. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
46. God of the earth.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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