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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
8. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
13. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
14. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
15. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
23. 1/10 gram.
24. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
50. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
6. In or of the month preceding the present one.
7. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
8. Among the largest bony fish.
9. Not only so, but.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
18. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
28. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
32. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
33. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
38. Type genus of the Nepidae.
39. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945).
42. A Loloish language.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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