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1. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
4. In bed.
8. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
11. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
14. Inability to walk.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. Beside one another in a row or rank.
41. Being two more than fifty.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. Extremely pleasing.
47. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
2. Bar temporarily.
3. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
4. Type genus of the Amiidae.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
18. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. A form of address for a man.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
34. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
38. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. Being one more than two.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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