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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
8. The fatty flesh of eel.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
13. (informal) Of the highest quality.
14. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
18. A small nail.
19. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
22. South African term for `boss'.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. The cry made by sheep.
34. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
37. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
41. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
43. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
53. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
54. A city in northern India.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A state in midwestern United States.
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1. Young sheep.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. One million periods per second.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. Not only so, but.
7. God of fire.
8. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
9. A very light brown.
10. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
28. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
35. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
36. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A city in central New York.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. 16 ounces.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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