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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
4. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
10. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
15. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
16. Select as an alternative.
17. A tapering point.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
22. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
43. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
45. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
54. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
56. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
57. Remaining after all deductions.
58. Jordan's port.
59. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
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1. Type genus of the Elopidae.
2. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
3. A hotel for motorists.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. A fit of shivering.
7. Lacking in light.
8. Climbing salamanders.
9. (British) Your grandmother.
10. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
20. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
26. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
27. Using speech rather than writing.
28. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
35. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. (physical chemistry) A distinct state of matter in a system.
42. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
44. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
47. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A human female who does housework.
51. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. Unknown god.
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