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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. Inquire about.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
35. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. Chief port of Yemen.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
6. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
7. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
20. A young woman making her debut into society.
22. The vein in the center of a leaf.
24. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
37. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. Of or relating to or involving an area.
41. Offering fun and gaiety.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. A resource.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A state in east central United States.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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