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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. The cry made by sheep.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. (Irish) The sea personified.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
40. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A licensed medical practitioner.
45. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
46. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
49. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
3. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
4. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
8. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. A three-tone Chadic language.
18. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
21. An informal term for a father.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. An informal term for a father.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
31. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
34. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
43. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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