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1. A student who studies excessively.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. A master's degree in library science.
14. A doctor's degree in education.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
25. Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943).
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A shoe carved from a single block of wood.
35. A state in northwestern North America.
36. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
49. An accidental happening.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A quantity of no importance.
4. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
5. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. One thousandth of a second.
18. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
19. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
20. The cry made by sheep.
23. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
26. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
33. Jordan's port.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
42. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
44. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
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