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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
15. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Belonging to some prior time.
31. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. The foot of a human being.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
20. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
21. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. 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.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. South African term for `boss'.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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