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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. State in northeastern India.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
33. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
35. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. Showing your contempt by derision.
41. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
46. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. In bed.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. The specified day of the month.
53. An honorary degree in science.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. Not divisible by two.
5. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
8. Squash bugs.
9. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
23. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
26. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
39. Agitation resulting from active worry.
40. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
42. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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