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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
8. Inquire about.
11. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Covered with paving material.
20. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
23. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
26. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
36. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. Offering fun and gaiety.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
49. The basic unit of money in China.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
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1. An informal conversation.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. The act of rising upward into the air.
4. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. (British) Your grandmother.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
19. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
21. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. (British) Your grandmother.
35. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
36. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
44. Towards the side away from the wind.
45. Before noon.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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