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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. An informal term for a father.
26. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
28. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
32. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
35. A light touch or stroke.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. The month following March and preceding May.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. Show a response or a reaction to something.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
51. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
54. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
24. A city in central New York.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. A state in the eastern United States.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
40. Avatar of Vishnu.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
45. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
46. Enlarged prostate.
47. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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