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1. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
5. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
12. A period of time spent sleeping.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
15. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. Of or resembling algae.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
50. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. An awkward stupid person.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. A socially awkward or tactless act.
4. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
5. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. An accountant certified by the state.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
19. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
25. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
26. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
40. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. The compass point midway between south and west.
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