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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
8. 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).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
13. A state of southwestern India.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine).
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. Fallow deer.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A master's degree in business.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
34. Before noon.
35. A white trivalent metallic element.
37. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
39. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
42. A disreputable vagrant.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. The vein in the center of a leaf.
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast.
10. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. An awkward stupid person.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
36. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
41. An informal term for a father.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
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