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1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Step on it.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. By bad luck.
25. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
27. 10 grams.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
38. The cry made by sheep.
40. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
42. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
53. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
55. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
56. Your general store of remembered information.
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
59. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
2. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
3. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
4. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
6. A Russian river.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A deep bow.
39. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
45. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
50. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
52. Not in good physical or mental health.
54. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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