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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
8. Rate of revolution of a motor.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. A soft silvery metallic element.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. Dignified manner or conduct.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
31. 1 species.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. A radioactive transuranic element.
44. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A small piece of cloth.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. Offering fun and gaiety.
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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. Extremely pleasing.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
9. A person to whom money is paid.
10. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
16. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
19. A person forced to flee from home or country.
21. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A city in northern India.
45. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
50. 1/10 gram.
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