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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. A French abbot.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. South African term for `boss'.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
18. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Any of various units of capacity.
27. The capital of Croatia.
29. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
43. Unknown god.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. In bed.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. Having much flesh (especially fat).
53. Little known Kamarupan languages.
54. The cry made by sheep.
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1. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
7. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. An enclosed space.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
20. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
22. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
23. A state in midwestern United States.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. Jordan's port.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A quantity of no importance.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
45. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
47. The capital and largest city of Japan.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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