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1. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
39. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
42. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
49. The twelfth month of the civil year.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A quantity of no importance.
4. A doctor's degree in optometry.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
7. A bottle with a stopper.
8. Type genus of the Clupeidae.
9. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
10. Affectedly dainty or refined.
18. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
20. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
21. Type genus of the Anatidae.
24. Top part of an apron.
26. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
32. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
33. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
41. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Minor or subordinate.
46. The airforce of Great Britain.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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