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1. British informal term.
4. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
8. An enclosed space.
11. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
15. A quantity of no importance.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. (informal) Exceptionally good.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A branch of the Tai languages.
41. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. Extremely pleasing.
49. Tag the base runner to get him out.
50. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
51. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
7. 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.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
18. 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.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
22. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
24. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A genus of Lamnidae.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
40. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
42. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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