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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. An associate degree in nursing.
18. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. Fallow deer.
24. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
30. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
31. The month following July and preceding September.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. Extremely pleasing.
48. A fraudulent business scheme.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
3. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Long and thin and often limp.
10. Largest known toad species.
20. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
22. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
34. A son who has the same first name as his father.
36. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. A French abbot.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
40. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. The sign language used in the United States.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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