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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Full of zest or vigor.
8. Situated at the top or highest position.
11. An accountant certified by the state.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. Related to or located at the back.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
20. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
27. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
28. A fraudulent business scheme.
30. Very dark black.
33. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Jordan's port.
45. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
47. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
51. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
7. Noisy talk.
8. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A bachelor's degree in science.
19. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A master's degree in fine arts.
31. A city of southeastern Mexico.
32. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
39. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
48. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
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