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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. A state of southwestern India.
17. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. The superior of a group of nuns.
21. Type genus of the Amiidae.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. 35th President of the United States.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
30. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. An informal term for a father.
36. A large fleet.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. A genus of Ploceidae.
44. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
47. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
48. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. Goddess of war.
2. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
3. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. Jordan's port.
8. At or constituting a border or edge.
9. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
10. By bad luck.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
23. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
26. The cry made by sheep.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
34. The state or fact of existing.
35. Indigo bush.
37. A feeling of intense anger.
38. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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