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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A variety of leaf bug.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
22. Before noon.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
46. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
48. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
58. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
4. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
7. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
30. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. The cry made by sheep.
38. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
41. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
42. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. Unknown god.
44. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
45. Free from risk or danger.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
49. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
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