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1. Liquid excretory product.
4. In or of the present month.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
13. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
26. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A city of southeastern Mexico.
43. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
45. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
46. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. Any of various units of capacity.
53. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. Being nine more than ninety.
5. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
6. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
7. The capital and largest city of Japan.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Type genus of the Amiidae.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Sour or bitter in taste.
36. Obvious and dull.
38. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Being ten more than eighty.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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