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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A tight-fitting headdress.
7. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
11. An electrically charged particle.
12. A master's degree in business.
13. A small amount of residue.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Before noon.
21. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
24. Jordan's port.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
30. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
31. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Chief port of Yemen.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A decree that prohibits something.
48. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
49. An accountant certified by the state.
50. Inquire about.
51. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. God of the earth.
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1. A plant fiber used for making rope.
2. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
3. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
15. A young woman making her debut into society.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
22. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Type genus of the Anatidae.
35. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
40. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
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