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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. The act of drawing or hauling something.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. A French abbot.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. The cry made by sheep.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
30. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. An informal term for a father.
36. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. A state in the eastern United States.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
42. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
52. A rounded projection or protuberance.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
4. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
10. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
20. Squash bugs.
21. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. Unknown god.
29. Noisy talk.
32. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
33. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. A kind of person.
44. A container.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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