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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Having leadership guidance.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
28. American dramatist (1928- ).
32. An honorary degree in science.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
37. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
47. A unit of pressure.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A Russian river.
5. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
6. Make an etching of.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
9. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
10. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
15. An informal term for a father.
21. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
39. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. South African term for `boss'.
43. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
44. Considerate and solicitous care.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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