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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. A city in northern India.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
41. The cry made by sheep.
43. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
49. Wild and domestic cattle.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.
51. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
52. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A boy or man.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
7. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
8. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
18. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
26. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
29. Having a claw or claws.
32. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
37. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
44. A light touch or stroke.
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