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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
13. Type genus of the Amiidae.
14. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. Goddess of fate.
16. A lump of hard consolidated mineral matter.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
26. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
47. Avatar of Vishnu.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
52. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
53. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
54. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
7. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
8. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
9. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
10. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
18. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
20. Fiddler crabs.
21. A rapid bustling commotion.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
29. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
31. Being nine more than ninety.
34. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
35. Lower in esteem.
37. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
38. American novelist (1909-1955).
39. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A light touch or stroke.
45. A boy or man.
48. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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