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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. Not only so, but.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
15. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. An associate degree in nursing.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. A state in New England.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. Set down according to a plan.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
54. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Tropical Asian starlings.
2. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
3. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
8. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
10. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
23. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
38. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Before noon.
42. Type genus of the Ranidae.
43. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A young woman making her debut into society.
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