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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. A periodic paperback publication.
15. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
16. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. English essayist (1775-1834).
50. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
51. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
54. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
5. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
6. Divisible by two.
7. A bottle with a stopper.
8. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. 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.
18. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
20. God of wealth and love.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. Top part of an apron.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
38. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
47. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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