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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. River in eastern Asia.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. The basic unit of money in Iran.
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A doctor's degree in religion.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. 10 grams.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. A radioactive transuranic element.
42. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
50. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
53. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
54. An audiotape recording of sound.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Not reflecting light.
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1. Explorer and United States naval officer.
2. A sudden short attack.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Not only so, but.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
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.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. A city in northern India.
38. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
44. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
45. Any of various small biting flies.
47. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
48. The cry made by sheep.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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