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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
28. A Hindu prince or king in India.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. Affected manners intended to impress others.
34. A Loloish language.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
51. In bed.
52. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
4. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
5. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A motley assortment of things.
20. 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.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. A son who has the same first name as his father.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Set down according to a plan.
43. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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