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1. A master's degree in business.
4. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A deep bow.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
19. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A light touch or stroke.
28. 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.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. A doctor's degree in education.
39. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
41. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
51. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
52. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
53. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
56. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
4. Having a claw or claws.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
6. Before noon.
7. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
35. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
37. God of wealth and love.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Being nine more than forty.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Speaking a Slavic language.
44. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
46. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
50. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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