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1. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
4. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
16. Lower in esteem.
18. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. 1/10 gram.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
41. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
42. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
43. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
52. Inquire about.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
3. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
10. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
15. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. A decree that prohibits something.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
25. Being ten more than eighty.
26. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
31. A master's degree in business.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. Obvious and dull.
36. Jordan's port.
38. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
39. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
48. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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