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1. Type genus of the Apidae.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. English pianist (1890-1965).
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. The act of scanning.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. A small piece of cloth.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
33. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. 10 grams.
45. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. The cry made by sheep.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
8. A genus of Mustelidae.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
16. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. Of the blackest black.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
29. One thousand periods per second.
30. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
40. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
46. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
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