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1. Rounded like an egg.
5. A light touch or stroke.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
15. Serving as an essential component.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
31. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
2. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
6. How long something has existed.
7. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. An informal conversation.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
35. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
36. Greek mythology.
38. In bed.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
43. An honorary degree in science.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
46. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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