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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
16. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A Hindu prince or king in India.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. An enclosed space.
45. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
51. Very dark black.
52. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. An account describing incidents or events.
55. A period of time spent sleeping.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. An awkward stupid person.
5. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
6. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
7. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
8. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. The basic unit of money in Spain.
20. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
22. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
25. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
27. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. 1/10 gram.
31. An indication of approved or superior status.
35. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
37. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
44. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
48. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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