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1. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. The cry made by sheep.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A light touch or stroke.
15. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
17. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
24. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
35. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
39. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
43. A branch of the Tai languages.
44. Divulge information or secrets.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A master's degree in business.
49. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. Tag the base runner to get him out.
52. The last (12th) month of the year.
53. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. 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.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. An enclosed space.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
36. A genus of Lamnidae.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Jordan's port.
40. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
41. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
47. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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