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1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. How long something has existed.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
16. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
22. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
23. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
33. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
48. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. (informal) Roused to anger.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
53. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
54. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
8. A large fleet.
9. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
35. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. The highest level or degree attainable.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
47. Remaining after all deductions.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.
51. A Russian river.
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