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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Using speech rather than writing.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
35. God of the earth.
38. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
46. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. A humorous anecdote or remark.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. A boy or man.
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1. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Of or relating to Fabianism.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
6. Seed of a pea plant.
7. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
19. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
23. God of death.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
40. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
41. English monk and scholar (672-735).
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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