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1. A bachelor's degree in theology.
4. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
15. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
16. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
22. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae.
30. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. Tag the base runner to get him out.
52. An Eskimo hut.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A bachelor's degree in religion.
4. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
7. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Among the largest bony fish.
18. Any plant of the genus Erica.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
23. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
24. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
27. The cry made by sheep.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. 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.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
45. Not in good physical or mental health.
46. The basic unit of money in Romania.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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