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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
11. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
12. (Welsh) A warrior god.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
18. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. The cry made by sheep.
30. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
34. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
35. Type genus of the Sittidae.
38. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. In bed.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
49. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
51. Any of various units of capacity.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. A large and hurried swallow.
3. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. Having been read.
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Crowd or pack to capacity.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. 16 ounces.
28. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
29. A Mid-Atlantic state.
31. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
32. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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 French abbot.
41. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. A Russian river.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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