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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. A master's degree in business.
16. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
29. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A Loloish language.
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
55. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
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1. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
4. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
5. 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).
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A state in New England.
8. The fatty flesh of eel.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A motley assortment of things.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
27. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. Fallow deer.
44. A human female who does housework.
47. One millionth of a gram.
49. A periodic paperback publication.
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