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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
7. Employed in accomplishing something.
11. The eighth month of the civil year.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. World's longest river (4187 miles).
14. God of death.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. An associate degree in nursing.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. Having help.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. The cry made by sheep.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
42. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
45. The second day of the week.
46. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
47. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
48. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
51. The seed of the cereal grass.
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1. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
2. A bluish shade of green.
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. A notable achievement.
19. Young of domestic cattle.
20. Filled with fear or apprehension.
21. Food for domestic livestock.
23. Type genus of the Majidae.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
33. Very dark black.
34. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
37. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
44. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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