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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. On or toward the lee.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. How long something has existed.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
34. A bachelor's degree in theology.
35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
48. A fraudulent business scheme.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. Being one more than nine.
51. Type genus of the Majidae.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
6. A notable achievement.
7. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
9. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
10. An informal term for a father.
16. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
18. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A French abbot.
37. The first light of day.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
40. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
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