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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
11. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. The chance to speak.
15. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
26. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
30. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A resource.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
55. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991).
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
8. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
9. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
19. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
21. God of death.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A doctor's degree in optometry.
25. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
27. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. The seed of the cereal grass.
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
42. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A light touch or stroke.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
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