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1. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
15. Using speech rather than writing.
16. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. Move away from a place into another direction.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. In bed.
38. A bachelor's degree in science.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
48. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
2. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
3. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
4. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
5. Port city in northwest Portugal.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. By bad luck.
10. Especially one side of a leaf.
18. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
20. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
24. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
26. A light touch or stroke.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
47. A person's brother or sister.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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