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1. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
5. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. A state in midwestern United States.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
15. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. A bachelor's degree in religion.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
28. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
47. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. Being two more than fifty.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
3. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
20. 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.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. Goddess of fate.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
36. In bed.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
41. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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