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1. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
11. A doctor's degree in theology.
12. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
15. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
21. The residue that remains when something is burned.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
28. State in northeastern India.
32. Jordan's port.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
48. A Russian river.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
6. Not fake or counterfeit.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
9. Not only so, but.
10. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
22. An unforeseen obstacle.
23. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. An enclosed space.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
33. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
46. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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