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1. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
5. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. Young of domestic cattle.
11. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
14. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. Top part of an apron.
26. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
28. A Loloish language.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
36. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. Constitution of the human body.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. An extreme state of adversity.
47. Jordan's port.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
56. In bed.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974.
4. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
6. By bad luck.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
10. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. Any of various units of capacity.
27. (Babylonian) The sky god.
29. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
30. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. A shade of blue tinged with green.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
45. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
46. Avatar of Vishnu.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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