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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
8. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. Fallow deer.
13. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
22. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
37. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A telegram sent abroad.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
54. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. (informal) Of the highest quality.
57. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. Especially one side of a leaf.
10. Indicating the most important performer or role.
18. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
20. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
21. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
43. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
51. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
53. A state in New England.
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