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1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
14. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
25. Submerged freshwater perennials.
31. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
32. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. A bachelor's degree in science.
36. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
50. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
4. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A bottle with a stopper.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
9. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
22. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
24. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
26. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. An uproarious party.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
40. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
41. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. A light touch or stroke.
49. Unknown god.
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