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1. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
12. Extremely pleasing.
13. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
14. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
16. Affect with wonder.
18. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
19. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
21. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
22. One of the common people.
24. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. In bed.
31. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
35. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. A light touch or stroke.
45. Lacking excess flesh.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
54. Being one more than two.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
2. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. A radioactive transuranic element.
6. A state in midwestern United States.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
9. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
10. Chief port of Yemen.
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
37. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
38. A humorous anecdote or remark.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
50. Being two more than fifty.
53. Informal terms for a mother.
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