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1. A small island.
5. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
8. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
11. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
12. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A master's degree in business.
29. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
38. A light touch or stroke.
43. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
44. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
45. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
6. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
7. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
8. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
19. A tributary of the Ohio River.
21. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
23. Before noon.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
33. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
34. Common Indian weaverbird.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
40. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
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