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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
12. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The chance to speak.
15. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
26. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
32. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
34. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
35. Avatar of Vishnu.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
46. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A visual presentation showing how something works.
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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991).
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
6. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
7. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. An informal conversation.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
22. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
28. Being one more than one hundred.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. The seed of the cereal grass.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
40. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
42. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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