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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. The cry made by sheep.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
17. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. In bed.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
47. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
51. Expel, as of gases and odors.
52. The month following March and preceding May.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Give over.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
4. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
7. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
8. Before noon.
9. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
19. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
21. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
24. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. 1/10 gram.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. The highest level or degree attainable.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. Fill to satisfaction.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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