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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Indicating the most important performer or role.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
16. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
26. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
29. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
32. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. Jordan's port.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
46. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
3. With no effort to conceal.
4. A bachelor's degree in science.
5. A unit of pressure.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A large fleet.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
15. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
19. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. God of death.
28. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A Russian river.
34. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
37. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
38. A bachelor's degree in science.
40. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
43. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. South African term for `boss'.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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