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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Tasting sour like a lemon.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
16. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
17. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
20. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
25. A bachelor's degree in religion.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. The wife of a sheik.
41. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
44. A human limb.
45. Highly excited.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. Extremely pleasing.
52. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
3. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
4. The capital of Nationalist China.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
7. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
8. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
19. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
28. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
36. A flexible container with a single opening.
38. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
42. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
43. A city in northern India.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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