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1. A state in the western United States.
5. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. A kind of person.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
17. Being nine more than forty.
18. A cgs unit of work or energy.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
27. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
30. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. Lower in esteem.
45. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. A city of central China.
55. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
2. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
3. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
5. Large Indian antelope.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. 10 grams.
8. A severe or trying experience.
9. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
10. A European river.
19. Possessing material wealth.
20. A bachelor's degree in theology.
21. Tag the base runner to get him out.
22. An informal term for a father.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. A port city in southwestern Iran.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
44. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
47. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
48. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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