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1. A master's degree in library science.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
8. Inquire about.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
27. Submerged freshwater perennials.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. South African term for `boss'.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The content of cognition.
45. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. A city in the European part of Russia.
49. Estrangement from god.
51. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
52. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
53. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
4. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
5. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A state of southwestern India.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
23. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
38. Family based on male descent.
39. 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.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
42. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
47. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
50. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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