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1. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
4. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
15. Noisy talk.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
19. A master's degree in education.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. A master's degree in fine arts.
38. Informal terms for a mother.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A young woman making her debut into society.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
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1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
7. Understood in a certain way.
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
20. A light touch or stroke.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
34. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
37. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
39. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
41. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
43. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. The bill in a restaurant.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
51. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Half the width of an em.
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