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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
11. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
12. Not only so, but.
13. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. United States baseball player (born 1925).
26. 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.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A light touch or stroke.
30. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
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.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. Divulge information or secrets.
47. A decree that prohibits something.
48. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
49. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
50. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. Minor or subordinate.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
9. Sour or bitter in taste.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
15. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
22. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A person forced to flee from home or country.
31. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Elliptical use of "depend on".
33. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
36. Characterized by rising prices.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
42. A small piece of cloth.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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