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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
12. The eleventh month of the civil year.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
42. Considerate and solicitous care.
45. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. The cry made by sheep.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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1. Collect or gather.
2. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. 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.
5. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
6. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A flexible container with a single opening.
27. A master's degree in fine arts.
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
41. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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