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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
46. Any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Noisy talk.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. Extremely pleasing.
19. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
33. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
36. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. A state in northwestern North America.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
52. A state in midwestern United States.
53. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
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