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1. A master's degree in business.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
11. 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).
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. The highest level or degree attainable.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. God of love and erotic desire.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A contestant who loses the contest.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. Type genus of the Ranidae.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A licensed medical practitioner.
23. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
25. Jordan's port.
26. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
37. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
38. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
42. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
46. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
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