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1. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
4. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
12. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
13. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. A master's degree in business.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. 10 grams.
50. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
51. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
53. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
54. Before noon.
55. The sixth month of the civil year.
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1. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. Two items of the same kind.
5. Take in solid food.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
24. Any of various units of capacity.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A human limb.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
39. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
40. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
44. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. Unknown god.
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