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1. Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money.
5. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. Chief port of Yemen.
12. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Give over.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
20. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
34. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. The residue that remains when something is burned.
53. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
54. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
3. Having leadership guidance.
4. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Jordan's port.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A light touch or stroke.
39. Type genus of the Anatidae.
40. Money in the form of bills or coins.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
45. Not reflecting light.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
48. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
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