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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. Informal terms for a mother.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. The airforce of Great Britain.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A master's degree in business.
16. A Hindu prince or king in India.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
22. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
35. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. South African term for `boss'.
48. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
50. How long something has existed.
52. The last (12th) month of the year.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
54. A decree that prohibits something.
55. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A large fleet.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A master's degree in fine arts.
7. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Type genus of the Majidae.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
18. A state in midwestern United States.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A boy or man.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. Extremely pleasing.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
51. Half the width of an em.
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