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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
8. An enclosed space.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
16. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
17. The basic unit of money in Romania.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
36. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
40. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
44. Overgrown with ivy.
45. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
46. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Wild and domestic cattle.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
52. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
53. In or of the month preceding the present one.
54. The act of scanning.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. Being five more than one hundred.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. God of fire.
7. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
8. A deep bow.
9. On or toward the lee.
10. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
15. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
19. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A resident of Ohio.
35. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
37. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. Absent without permission.
42. In or of the present month.
43. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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