1. An informal term for a father.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Type genus of the Amiidae.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
15. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
18. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A white trivalent metallic element.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
35. An informal term for a father.
38. Half the width of an em.
39. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. A Russian river.
45. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
48. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
50. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
55. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
56. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

1. Slightly wet.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
23. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
29. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
44. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.