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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
8. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
11. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
17. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
23. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
25. A master's degree in business.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
41. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
45. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
46. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
48. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
49. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
50. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
52. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
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1. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
2. A telephone connection.
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. An enclosed space.
8. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. The capital of Western Samoa.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
20. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
37. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
38. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. A Hindu prince or king in India.
42. A city in northern India.
43. South African term for `boss'.
44. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
47. 32nd President of the United States.
51. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
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