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1. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
4. A desert in central Asia.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
16. Fiddler crabs.
17. A master's degree in business.
18. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
19. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
42. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
43. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
45. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
47. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. One of the common people.
52. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
53. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
54. The cry made by sheep.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. Fallow deer.
3. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
4. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
5. An onerous or difficult concern.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
20. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
28. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
33. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
35. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
36. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. Again but in a new or different way.
44. Noisy talk.
46. Any of various units of capacity.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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