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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A decree that prohibits something.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Fallow deer.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. Jordan's port.
20. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
27. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
50. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. An associate degree in applied science.
53. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
54. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. A Russian river.
5. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. Type genus of the Nepidae.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
23. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. An enclosed space.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. Of southern Europe.
46. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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