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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
26. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
28. Lower in esteem.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A doctor's degree in religion.
46. Traveling on horseback.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A light touch or stroke.
54. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
15. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A white trivalent metallic element.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. A woman of refinement.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
47. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
48. Before noon.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
51. An associate degree in nursing.
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