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1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
26. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
29. Lower in esteem.
32. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
33. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
34. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
39. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
43. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. The sound made by corvine birds.
49. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
54. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
55. In bed.
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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
4. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
5. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
30. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
35. Make less active or intense.
36. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
38. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
41. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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