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1. One thousandth of a second.
5. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. Deeply moved.
14. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
15. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
16. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. A light touch or stroke.
25. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
26. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. A Loloish language.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
4. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
5. Capable of wounding.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
18. Before noon.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. The residue that remains when something is burned.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A master's degree in fine arts.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
32. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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