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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
8. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
11. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
12. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
13. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
14. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
15. A public promotion of some product or service.
16. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
17. Before noon.
20. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
21. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
31. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
39. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
42. Something that remunerates.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
48. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
49. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
50. Noisy talk.
51. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
52. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
2. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
3. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
6. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).
9. Wood of a sumac.
10. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
18. Covered with paving material.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
23. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
41. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
43. Call upon in supplication.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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