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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. A negative.
12. One who works hard at boring tasks.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science.
16. 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.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
27. French novelist.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. A fraudulent business scheme.
51. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
52. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
53. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
4. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. One thousand periods per second.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. A French abbot.
10. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
22. Employed in accomplishing something.
24. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
26. A person forced to flee from home or country.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
39. God of love and erotic desire.
40. Largest known toad species.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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