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1. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
4. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Lower in esteem.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
51. Goddess of fate.
52. The residue that remains when something is burned.
53. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
54. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Not divisible by two.
4. Rate of revolution of a motor.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A bottle with a stopper.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
25. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
40. A vigorous blow.
42. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
43. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
44. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
46. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. The airforce of Great Britain.
50. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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