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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
8. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
11. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
12. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
13. The fatty flesh of eel.
14. Before noon.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. Not only so, but.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
25. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
33. Extremely pleasing.
36. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
39. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
45. The basic unit of money in Peru.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Chief port of Yemen.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. A public promotion of some product or service.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
6. Most important element.
7. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
9. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
18. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. The residue that remains when something is burned.
30. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
31. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
34. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
40. A doctor's degree in religion.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. Not out.
48. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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