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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
33. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
35. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. Take in solid food.
48. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
52. Extremely pleasing.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
54. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. After noon.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. God of wealth and love.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
22. The cry made by sheep.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Any of various units of capacity.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Being nothing more than specified.
40. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
41. A city in northern India.
42. South African term for `boss'.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
45. The bill in a restaurant.
46. Noisy talk.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
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