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1. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
4. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
8. An informal term for a father.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A Loloish language.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
15. The habitation of wild animals.
16. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
17. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
27. The last (12th) month of the year.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
43. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
46. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. Jordan's port.
6. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
9. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
10. Indigo bush.
18. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
34. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
35. An expression of greeting.
36. Not easy.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. A master's degree in fine arts.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
45. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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