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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
5. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. The fatty flesh of eel.
14. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
16. 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.
17. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Make amends for.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
33. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
48. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
49. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
50. An enclosed space.
51. On or toward the lee.
52. An associate degree in applied science.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
2. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
3. Type genus of the Majidae.
4. A port city in southwestern Iran.
5. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. Before noon.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
9. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. A Mid-Atlantic state.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
38. English essayist (1775-1834).
39. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
47. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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