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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A large and densely populated urban area.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A fit of shivering.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
21. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Wood of a sumac.
27. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
30. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
35. A port city in southwestern Iran.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. A light touch or stroke.
43. Being two more than fifty.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
50. A unit of pressure.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. (trademark) An antacid.
7. Not only so, but.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
24. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
25. Type genus of the Majidae.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Ice cream served with a topping.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. True firs.
34. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A city in northwestern Syria.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
42. The cry made by sheep.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
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