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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. The quantity a cask will hold.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
25. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
39. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
41. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
43. Black tropical American cuckoo.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
2. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
3. The last (12th) month of the year.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. The sacred city of Lamaism.
20. Water frozen in the solid state.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
28. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
29. Fiddler crabs.
31. Filled to capacity.
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. A crime syndicate in the United States.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
37. A Russian river.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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