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1. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A Loloish language.
12. A person forced to flee from home or country.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
15. A Mid-Atlantic state.
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
22. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
34. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
35. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. Offering fun and gaiety.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Bringing death.
2. Jordan's port.
3. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
29. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. A humorous anecdote or remark.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. An expression of greeting.
42. A city in northern India.
43. A doctor's degree in religion.
44. Material used to daub walls.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. An informal term for a father.
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