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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
12. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
15. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. Being nine more than ninety.
23. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
24. The cry made by sheep.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
38. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
41. A rapid bustling commotion.
42. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
2. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
3. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
8. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. English monk and scholar (672-735).
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. Jordan's port.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
29. A small piece of cloth.
32. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
33. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
35. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
38. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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