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1. 10 grams.
4. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. (Babylonian) The sky god.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. By bad luck.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
26. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
28. With no effort to conceal.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. God of love and erotic desire.
34. A Loloish language.
37. A master's degree in business.
39. Having been read.
43. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Any of various units of capacity.
46. Towards the side away from the wind.
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