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1. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
7. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
11. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
12. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
13. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
14. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
15. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. An inflow.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
45. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
48. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
49. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
51. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
52. Type genus of the Suidae.
53. The face of a timepiece.
54. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
2. Jordan's port.
3. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
4. Made warm or hot.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
7. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
8. Large luxurious car.
9. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
10. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
21. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
23. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
24. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
28. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. (trademark) An antacid.
34. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. A doctor's degree in religion.
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