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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. The content of cognition.
48. A form of address for a married woman.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Divulge information or secrets.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. The square of a body of any size of type.
30. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. God of wealth and love.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. Fallow deer.
40. A city in northern India.
41. Occurring widely (as to many people).
43. A trivial lie.
44. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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