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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A boy or man.
14. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
27. Being one more than fifty.
29. Jordan's port.
33. A blind god.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Squash bugs.
42. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
55. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
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1. In bed.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
9. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. The cry made by sheep.
19. A mite of the genus Acarus.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
30. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
31. Half the width of an em.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
37. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
44. On or toward the lee.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
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