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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
11. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. A doctor's degree in education.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Lower in esteem.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
31. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
41. Set down according to a plan.
45. A small piece of cloth.
46. A city in the European part of Russia.
47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
4. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
5. The content of cognition.
6. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
7. Not divisible by two.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
10. The capital of Western Samoa.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
23. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A city in northern India.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. A young woman making her debut into society.
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