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1. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
5. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. Denuded of leaves.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Little known Kamarupan languages.
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
18. A Russian river.
21. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. A son who has the same first name as his father.
34. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A flexible container with a single opening.
43. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
45. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
47. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. In bed.
55. Used in combination to denote the middle.
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1. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
2. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
3. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
4. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Not only so, but.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. A genus of Platalea.
22. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. Before noon.
29. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
33. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
38. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
39. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
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