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1. Tropical Asian starlings.
5. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
7. A state in the western United States.
11. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
12. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
13. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A master's degree in fine arts.
16. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
20. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
23. Opinion or judgment.
24. A doctor's degree in education.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Being nine more than ninety.
32. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
41. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
43. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
51. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
6. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
7. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
8. Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
9. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
10. (with `in') Guardianship over.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
42. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
44. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. Water frozen in the solid state.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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