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1. A small island.
5. An enclosed space.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
12. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The bill in a restaurant.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. A card game for 2 players.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
32. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
34. A person's brother or sister.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. Any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends.
42. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
47. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
50. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A fraudulent business scheme.
6. Fly a plane.
7. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
15. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
18. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
19. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
20. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. A book of the New Testament.
25. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
26. A state in east central United States.
27. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
33. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
34. (Irish) The sea personified.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. The month following September and preceding November.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. 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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