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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. A periodic paperback publication.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
34. Australian clover fern.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
38. A local computer network for communication between computers.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
44. The sacred city of Lamaism.
48. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
58. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
59. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. A native of ancient Troy.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
33. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
35. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
45. A loud raucous cry as of an awl.
46. A branch of the Tai languages.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
51. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. An informal term for a father.
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