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1. The last (12th) month of the year.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
17. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
19. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
21. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
43. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
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1. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. On or toward the lee.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
23. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. Of a pale purple color.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
35. Affect with wonder.
36. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
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