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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
8. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
16. The basic unit of money in Albania.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
23. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Jordan's port.
40. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. 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.
49. A unit of pressure.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. An awkward stupid person.
5. Be going to.
6. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
7. In bed.
8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
18. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
20. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. Being nine more than ninety.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Any plant of the genus Erica.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Unknown god.
39. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
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