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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
13. The basic unit of money in Albania.
14. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
15. A small piece of cloth.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. A motley assortment of things.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
25. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
45. A bachelor's degree in theology.
46. The closing section of a musical composition.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. An enclosed space.
49. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
50. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A small island.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
4. Sour or bitter in taste.
5. Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458).
6. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
7. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
9. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
10. Jordan's port.
19. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
22. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
28. A port city in southwestern Iran.
29. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
31. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
32. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
33. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
36. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
43. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. A tight-fitting headdress.
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