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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. The seed of the cereal grass.
17. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. Leather with a napped surface.
26. A liquid solution that results from elution.
30. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
31. A Loloish language.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. Serving as an essential component.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. In bed.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
47. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. 10 grams.
51. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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1. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. A Loloish language.
4. A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. One thousandth of a second.
18. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
20. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
23. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
24. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
27. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
38. By bad luck.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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