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1. A small island.
5. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
8. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
11. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
12. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
18. An associate degree in nursing.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
27. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
39. A periodic paperback publication.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
53. Being one more than two.
54. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. The act of scanning.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. An uproarious party.
8. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
9. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
16. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
25. An informal term for a father.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. Before noon.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
39. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The cry made by sheep.
48. Being two more than fifty.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A state in northwestern North America.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
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