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1. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. Seed of a pea plant.
14. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
16. A doctor's degree in education.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
30. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Being two more than fifty.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. Inquire about.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
50. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
51. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
2. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
3. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. Before noon.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
10. (botany) Especially of leaves.
15. An informal term for a father.
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
19. Russian country house.
20. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
22. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Type genus of the Ranidae.
39. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. Being one more than two.
44. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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