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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
11. An audiotape recording of sound.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. The cry made by sheep.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
48. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. A boy or man.
52. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
53. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
55. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
56. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
57. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A unit of pressure.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
6. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
7. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
19. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
21. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
43. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
44. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A city in northern India.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A light touch or stroke.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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