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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
5. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. A doctor's degree in theology.
14. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
15. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
16. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
17. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
20. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
22. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. In bed.
31. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A large quantity of written matter.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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1. English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899).
2. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
5. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
6. Common Indian weaverbird.
7. A fraudulent business scheme.
8. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
19. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
21. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
38. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
39. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
46. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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