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1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
15. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
27. A city in the European part of Russia.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
38. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Type genus of the Gavidae.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Little known Kamarupan languages.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. Type genus of the Majidae.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
8. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. Half the width of an em.
23. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. Jordan's port.
37. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
39. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
40. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
41. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. British informal term.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. A Russian river.
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