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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. 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.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
13. Very dark black.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Common Indian weaverbird.
20. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
33. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The habitation of wild animals.
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
52. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
53. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
54. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Fiddler crabs.
5. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
6. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Considerate and solicitous care.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
34. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
43. Baby bed with high sides.
45. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
46. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
47. The seventh and last day of the week.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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