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1. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
4. Food for domestic livestock.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. Avatar of Vishnu.
13. A boy or man.
14. A genus of Ploceidae.
16. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
18. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
19. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. Common Indian weaverbird.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
2. By bad luck.
3. A quantity of no importance.
4. Noisy quarrel.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. A native of ancient Troy.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. An informal term for a father.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Before noon.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A large fleet.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. South African term for `boss'.
46. Noisy talk.
47. The last (12th) month of the year.
48. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. A bachelor's degree in science.
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