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1. The month following February and preceding April.
4. God of love and erotic desire.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
18. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
19. A large fleet.
21. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
23. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
50. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
51. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
3. A large quantity of written matter.
4. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
17. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
20. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. Before noon.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. Late time of life.
35. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
40. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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