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1. In bed.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
15. (Babylonian) Goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta.
16. (British) Your grandmother.
18. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
19. An awkward stupid person.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. A genus of Ploceidae.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
43. The airforce of Great Britain.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Cut down with an ax.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
54. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
55. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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1. Chief port of Yemen.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. The capital of Croatia.
8. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
22. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
35. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. The habitation of wild animals.
40. A Loloish language.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A Russian river.
44. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator.
51. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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