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1. The month following September and preceding November.
4. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
7. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
28. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
34. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
37. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
40. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
41. A unit of pressure.
43. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
44. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
3. To an excessive degree.
4. The lowest brass wind instrument.
5. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
8. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
16. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
26. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
32. Affect with wonder.
33. Of or relating to or containing barium.
35. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
42. A Russian river.
43. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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