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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape.
18. A state in northwestern North America.
19. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
21. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. The last (12th) month of the year.
35. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
53. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
5. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
8. Step on it.
9. Young of domestic cattle.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A state in New England.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
40. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. God of love and erotic desire.
42. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
43. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. The cry made by sheep.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. A resource.
52. A doctor's degree in optometry.
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