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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. A small lake.
8. A unit of pressure.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
14. A slight amount or degree of difference.
15. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
49. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. A dyed fabric.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
4. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Tag the base runner to get him out.
7. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
8. Jordan's port.
9. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
10. God of death.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
31. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
40. A female domestic.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
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