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1. Rate of revolution of a motor.
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. An honorary degree in science.
18. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
20. A person forced to flee from home or country.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
24. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
26. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
36. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. A light touch or stroke.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
45. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
47. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
54. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
7. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
15. A decree that prohibits something.
19. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
21. Flesh of large European flatfish.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
36. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
48. British informal term.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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