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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
5. A resource.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
15. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
16. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
17. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. A fraudulent business scheme.
23. 1/10 gram.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
29. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
32. A transuranic element.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
40. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Made of fir or pine.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. River in eastern Asia.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Late time of life.
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1. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
2. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
3. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. Great coolness and composure under strain.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
19. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
30. The month following January and preceding March.
31. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
35. The content of cognition.
36. An Eskimo hut.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. The cry made by sheep.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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