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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. With no effort to conceal.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. 16 ounces.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
45. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
46. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
47. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
48. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
51. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
8. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
9. Not easy.
10. An informal term for a father.
15. A master's degree in business.
19. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. Closed with a lace.
35. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
36. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. Type genus of the Sulidae.
40. 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.
42. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
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