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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
11. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
12. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
13. A tight-fitting headdress.
14. 10 grams.
15. A piece of armor plate below the breastplate.
17. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
18. By bad luck.
20. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
22. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Tag the base runner to get him out.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. The square of a body of any size of type.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. In bed.
45. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
51. One thousandth of a second.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
4. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
5. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
6. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. Being nine more than ninety.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A young woman making her debut into society.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A French abbot.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
35. Before noon.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
41. (informal) Exceptionally good.
42. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
47. A unit of pressure.
48. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
52. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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