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1. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
8. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A light touch or stroke.
15. A European river.
16. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
17. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
20. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
34. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. A resource.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. Fallow deer.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Perceive sound.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
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1. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
6. A strong emotion.
7. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
8. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
9. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A bottle with a stopper.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. Inquire about.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. An insane person.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
39. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
40. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
48. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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