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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
13. A Hindu prince or king in India.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A master's degree in fine arts.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. That is to say.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. An oil port in southern Iraq.
31. 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.
33. An associate degree in applied science.
34. Before noon.
35. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
37. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
39. A small vessel for travel on water.
42. Not only so, but.
44. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. A human limb.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
52. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
53. The sign language used in the United States.
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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. The highest level or degree attainable.
5. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
6. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
7. (informal) Exceptionally good.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. A genus of Platalea.
10. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
18. A native-born Israeli.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. The residue that remains when something is burned.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
36. Food for domestic livestock.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. South African term for `boss'.
40. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
41. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. How long something has existed.
45. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
46. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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