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1. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
4. A young woman making her debut into society.
7. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
11. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
14. Extremely pleasing.
15. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
16. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
17. Squash bugs.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. God of the Underworld.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. The bill in a restaurant.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Take in solid food.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
53. Anything that serves as an enticement.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. Late time of life.
56. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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1. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
8. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
9. A Loloish language.
10. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
18. A set whose members are members of another set.
22. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
24. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
25. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
26. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. A telegram sent abroad.
36. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A small piece of cloth.
42. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
44. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
46. A slight amount or degree of difference.
48. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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