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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. An enclosed space.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
12. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. The act of scanning.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
36. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
48. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
50. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
4. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. (trademark) An antacid.
34. Enthusiastic approval.
35. A genus of Lamnidae.
37. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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