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1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. A blind god.
16. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
17. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
20. Before noon.
21. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
24. One thousand periods per second.
25. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
26. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
31. Seed of a pea plant.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A boy or man.
52. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
53. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
2. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
3. Injured by bites or stings.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. An expression of greeting.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle.
19. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
40. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
46. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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