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1. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
8. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
11. Type genus of the Majidae.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. A boy or man.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A person forced to flee from home or country.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A large fleet.
27. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
35. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. Squash bugs.
41. A bachelor's degree in religion.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
52. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
3. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
4. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. The content of cognition.
18. A doctor's degree in education.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A master's degree in fine arts.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. Greek mythology.
36. Sour or bitter in taste.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. A resource.
46. (informal) Roused to anger.
47. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
50. A bachelor's degree in science.
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