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1. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
11. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
22. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
33. A pass between mountain peaks.
34. A Loloish language.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
42. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
46. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
48. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
49. (informal) Roused to anger.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. In bed.
56. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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1. Slightly wet.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
4. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. Jordan's port.
8. 10 grams.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. How long something has existed.
23. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
25. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
38. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
39. Any of various units of capacity.
41. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A man who courts a woman.
44. Very dark black.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
47. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
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