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1. Fail to keep or to maintain.
5. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
7. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
13. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
14. Seed of a pea plant.
16. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
53. The month following March and preceding May.
54. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. A master's degree in business.
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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
7. A periodic paperback publication.
8. Jordan's port.
9. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
10. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
15. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
18. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. Half the width of an em.
25. The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
33. Not divisible by two.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
39. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
41. Not agitated.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
47. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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