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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. Being four more than ninety.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
12. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
16. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
17. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
18. Before noon.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. By bad luck.
42. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
52. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
3. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Being ten more than eighty.
5. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. A light touch or stroke.
22. A person's brother or sister.
23. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. An associate degree in applied science.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
45. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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