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1. Lacking in light.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
12. In bed.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
17. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. A genus of Ploceidae.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A human female who does housework.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
3. A master's degree in business.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. The cry made by sheep.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
22. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. 10 grams.
33. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. Any competition.
42. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. Goddess of fate.
51. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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