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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. An audiotape recording of sound.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Absent without permission.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
18. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
21. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
27. A comedian who uses gags.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
54. An Asian river between China and Russia.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. Money in the form of bills or coins.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
5. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
6. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
7. Any high mountain.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. 10 grams.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
20. A flexible container with a single opening.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
28. (informal) Roused to anger.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
46. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
47. The cry made by sheep.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
53. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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