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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
7. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
16. A quantity of no importance.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. Before noon.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A Loloish language.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
47. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. (informal) Roused to anger.
52. In bed.
53. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
5. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. 10 grams.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A state in New England.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. Fiddler crabs.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
44. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. (Irish) The sea personified.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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