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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A cgs unit of work or energy.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Extremely pleasing.
15. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
16. Channel into a new direction.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
19. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. The highest level or degree attainable.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
42. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A city in northern India.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
10. Fill to satisfaction.
18. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
20. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
23. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. 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.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A woman of refinement.
38. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
40. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
41. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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