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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. A fraudulent business scheme.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
12. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. The cry made by sheep.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
56. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
57. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
58. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
59. One million periods per second.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A tight-fitting headdress.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. The vein in the center of a leaf.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
45. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
51. The sign language used in the United States.
55. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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