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1. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
5. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
12. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
14. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. Represent in bodily form.
28. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Rate of revolution of a motor.
36. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
38. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. A master's degree in business.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
55. Extremely pleasing.
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1. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Loud confused noise from many sources.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. The square of a body of any size of type.
8. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
19. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
20. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. A city in northern India.
26. One million periods per second.
27. Noisy talk.
29. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
30. Before noon.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
36. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. 10 grams.
47. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
48. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Being one more than fifty.
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