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1. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
15. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
16. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. Jordan's port.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A state in northwestern North America.
38. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
47. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
49. An informal term for a father.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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1. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
8. A large fleet.
9. An organization of military naval forces.
10. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A Russian river.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
35. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
37. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
41. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. An informal term for a father.
48. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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