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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
12. Type genus of the Pipidae.
13. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
48. Very dark black.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Select as an alternative.
5. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
9. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
10. God of death.
18. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
29. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
34. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
35. An awkward stupid person.
38. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. 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.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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