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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
15. Something causes misery or death.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
31. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
35. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
44. Indicating the most important performer or role.
47. Of or relating to near the ear.
48. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. State capital of New York.
5. Having been read.
6. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
7. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
8. A city in northwestern Syria.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
20. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Before noon.
25. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
36. Of or being the lowest female voice.
37. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Extremely pleasing.
43. Characteristic of a mob.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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