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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
12. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. The last (12th) month of the year.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A motley assortment of things.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A human limb.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. Distant in either space or time.
4. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. Largest known toad species.
36. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Jordan's port.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A manner of performance.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
52. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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