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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
7. The probability of a specified outcome.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
17. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
24. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
27. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
30. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Fallow deer.
35. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. The bill in a restaurant.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
54. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
8. The habitation of wild animals.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. An accountant certified by the state.
28. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. Before noon.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
39. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
42. God of love and erotic desire.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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