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1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Before noon.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
43. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
45. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. A bachelor's degree in library science.
52. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
7. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
15. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
26. A Russian river.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Slow to learn or understand.
40. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
41. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. The cry made by sheep.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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