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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
8. A transuranic element.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. In bed.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. Gone by.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
21. The square of a body of any size of type.
24. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
26. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. How long something has existed.
37. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
40. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
49. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
51. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
53. Being one more than two.
54. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A boy or man.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
7. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
9. A desert in southern Israel.
10. Leafless East Indian vine.
18. Read anew.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
23. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
38. Very dark black.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
42. Characteristic of false pride.
43. Type genus of the Amiidae.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
48. Before noon.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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