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1. Using speech rather than writing.
5. A bachelor's degree in science.
7. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
11. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
12. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
13. A boy or man.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
15. Two items of the same kind.
17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. South American cavy.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
22. The residue that remains when something is burned.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
28. 35th President of the United States.
29. Being one more than fifty.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Extremely pleasing.
35. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
41. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
2. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
3. Jordan's port.
4. The basic unit of money on Malta.
5. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
6. Short and fat.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
9. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
16. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. Slightly open.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
36. In bed.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. Rounded like an egg.
40. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. A state in north central United States.
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