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1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
4. In bed.
8. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
11. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
12. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
13. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
17. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
28. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
29. A fraudulent business scheme.
31. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
45. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
46. In or of the month preceding the present one.
47. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
48. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
49. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
50. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
51. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
3. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
9. One thousandth of a second.
10. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
34. Affect with wonder.
35. Of or relating to or containing barium.
37. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
38. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
39. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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