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1. A quantity of no importance.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. A federally chartered savings bank.
11. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. An enclosed armored military vehicle.
15. A rapid bustling commotion.
16. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
43. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. Jordan's port.
50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
54. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
55. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
56. A master's degree in business.
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1. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
4. Inquire about.
5. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
8. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. Material used to daub walls.
41. A wound made by cutting.
42. A Loloish language.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Minor or subordinate.
53. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
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