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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. 10 grams.
11. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
12. The month following March and preceding May.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. A young woman making her debut into society.
19. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
30. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. An internal representation of the world.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. In a foreign country.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
49. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
51. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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1. Fail to keep or to maintain.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Seed of a pea plant.
4. A genus of Ploceidae.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
32. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
37. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
42. In bed.
45. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
48. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A state in southeastern United States.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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