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1. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
4. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
8. Characteristic of a mob.
11. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
16. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
17. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
41. A light touch or stroke.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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1. At a previous time.
2. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
3. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
8. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
18. Relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit.
20. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
29. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
30. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A shape that sags.
45. 10 grams.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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