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1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
4. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. A quantity of no importance.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Black tropical American cuckoo.
13. In bed.
14. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
18. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
19. A state in north central United States.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
22. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
24. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A Russian river.
45. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
53. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
54. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
55. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
56. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
3. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
4. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
7. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. By bad luck.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
46. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
47. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
48. Used of a single unit or thing.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
51. A bachelor's degree in science.
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