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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. A quantity of no importance.
12. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
17. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
18. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
29. Jordan's port.
31. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
37. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
42. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
45. Offering little or no hope.
46. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
47. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. Extremely pleasing.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
10. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
19. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
34. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
36. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
38. In bed.
39. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
40. Something causes misery or death.
41. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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