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1. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
4. The cry made by sheep.
7. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
13. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
14. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
15. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. Bear the expenses of.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
25. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A slender double-reed instrument.
37. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
40. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
41. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. British informal term.
48. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
49. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
2. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
3. A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
8. A subdivision of a particular kind of thing.
9. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
18. United States singer and film actor (1904-1977).
19. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
29. (trademark) An antacid.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. God of wealth and love.
35. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
36. Any plant of the genus Erica.
38. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
39. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
40. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
43. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
44. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
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