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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. A Loloish language.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. A human limb.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Compete for something.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Wild and menacing.
3. Young sheep.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. One who works hard at boring tasks.
7. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
10. A coniferous tree.
18. By bad luck.
20. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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