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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The seventh and last day of the week.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The fatty flesh of eel.
15. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. A radioactive transuranic element.
26. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
35. God of wealth and love.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. Type genus of the Ranidae.
43. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
44. Used of a single unit or thing.
45. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
46. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
48. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
2. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
3. A deep bow.
4. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
7. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Lie adjacent to another.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
29. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
30. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
32. Having the head uncovered.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. An associate degree in applied science.
41. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
42. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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