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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
12. In bed.
13. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
26. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
28. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. Extremely pleasing.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
42. The capital of Morocco.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Not only so, but.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
9. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
10. An opening into or through something.
15. A genus of Pyralidae.
17. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
20. With no effort to conceal.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
35. Jordan's port.
36. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
38. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
39. A New England state.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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