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1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A city in east central Texas.
16. An enclosed space.
17. Minor or subordinate.
18. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
19. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. How long something has existed.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Away from the mouth or oral region.
35. A light touch or stroke.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
39. Jordan's port.
44. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
45. In bed.
48. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
50. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. An awkward stupid person.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
5. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Not widely known.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Divulge information or secrets.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. A city in northeastern Ohio.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
49. Half the width of an em.
51. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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