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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
12. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
18. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. In bed.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
50. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
51. A doctor's degree in education.
52. Divulge information or secrets.
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
5. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. 1/1000 gram.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A slight amount or degree of difference.
46. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. A person's brother or sister.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
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