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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
13. A humorous anecdote or remark.
14. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
15. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
21. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
25. A quantity of no importance.
26. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
47. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
48. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. Having much flesh (especially fat).
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
4. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
5. A crime syndicate in the United States.
6. A wound resulting from biting.
7. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
16. Something causes misery or death.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. An informal term for a father.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
34. Jordan's port.
35. A light touch or stroke.
37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
38. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
40. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
44. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
46. Being one more than one hundred.
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