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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
15. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
40. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
42. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
46. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A loud harsh or strident noise.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
57. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
58. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
5. A city in northern India.
6. Divulge information or secrets.
7. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
18. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. The residue that remains when something is burned.
36. A drama set to music.
37. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The fifth day of the week.
41. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
45. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
47. A light touch or stroke.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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