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1. Select as an alternative.
4. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. Inquire about.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
31. Offering fun and gaiety.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
54. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Type genus of the Pipidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
6. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
7. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. An informal term for a father.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. An Eskimo hut.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A Hindu prince or king in India.
41. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
48. 10 grams.
49. Before noon.
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