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1. Tropical Asian starlings.
5. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. British informal term.
48. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. Dignified manner or conduct.
6. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
7. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Towards the side away from the wind.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
34. An awkward stupid person.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A coffin along with its stand.
44. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
45. Extremely pleasing.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A flexible container with a single opening.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
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