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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
8. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
14. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
15. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
23. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
32. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
46. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
47. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
53. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
10. Using speech rather than writing.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A person forced to flee from home or country.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
34. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
35. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
36. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.
37. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
39. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
40. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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