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1. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
4. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. Extremely pleasing.
11. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
12. The general activity of selling.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
19. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
23. A soft silvery metallic element.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
36. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. A human limb.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
3. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
5. A motley assortment of things.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. A genus of Soricidae.
8. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
20. A master's degree in business.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
30. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
37. The basic unit of money on Malta.
38. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
41. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A Russian river.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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