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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. A quantity of no importance.
12. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A bachelor's degree in theology.
27. Look at with amorous intentions.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
35. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. Of surpassing excellence.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. A three-year law degree.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
52. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
53. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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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. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
6. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians.
20. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Being one more than fifty.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
39. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
40. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. South African term for `boss'.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. A radioactive transuranic element.
50. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
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