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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Extremely pleasing.
7. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
17. By bad luck.
19. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
22. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
28. Enthusiastic approval.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. The eleventh month of the civil year.
41. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
50. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. English essayist (1775-1834).
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Among the largest bony fish.
4. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
7. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
8. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
27. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
29. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
34. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
37. A means of serving.
38. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
40. God of death.
42. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. South African term for `boss'.
46. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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