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1. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
4. Type genus of the Anatidae.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
12. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
15. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. Before noon.
21. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
25. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. 1/10 gram.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
51. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
52. An enclosed space.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
2. Of someone who has not been married.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
18. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. The cry made by sheep.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A Russian river.
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A Hindu prince or king in India.
42. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
43. A French abbot.
46. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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