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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
7. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
13. The food served and eaten at one time.
14. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
15. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
22. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Made of fir or pine.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
45. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
54. A flexible container with a single opening.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Anything that serves as an enticement.
2. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
5. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
6. Any of various units of capacity.
7. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. By bad luck.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. A Mid-Atlantic state.
24. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
35. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Type genus of the Ranidae.
43. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
46. 10 grams.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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