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1. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Of southern Europe.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A public promotion of some product or service.
16. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
28. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
42. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
52. A notable achievement.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. The cry made by sheep.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. 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.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
15. A light touch or stroke.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A state in New England.
34. Divulge information or secrets.
36. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
41. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
43. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A quantity of no importance.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. A Russian river.
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