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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
7. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. A state in midwestern United States.
13. Not only so, but.
14. Colloquial British abbreviation.
15. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. Squash bugs.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. 10 grams.
30. 1/10 gram.
31. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
32. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
35. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
36. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
39. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A person who possesses great material wealth.
48. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
49. A flexible container with a single opening.
50. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Fiddler crabs.
53. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
5. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
6. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
7. A Mid-Atlantic state.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
34. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
35. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. At any time.
42. A notable achievement.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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