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1. A Loloish language.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
13. Denuded of leaves.
14. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
15. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
17. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
20. A light touch or stroke.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
26. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
28. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
37. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
47. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
50. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
53. Not in good physical or mental health.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. The basic unit of money in Romania.
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1. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
2. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
3. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
4. The month following July and preceding September.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
10. Having been read.
16. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. (archaic) Of persons.
24. A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman.
25. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
27. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
29. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
38. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
39. A genus of Mustelidae.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
44. An Eskimo hut.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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