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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. Liquid excretory product.
7. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
22. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
28. Top part of an apron.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
46. Using speech rather than writing.
47. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
48. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. A genus of Ploceidae.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Common black European thrush.
10. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
18. Used of a single unit or thing.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
42. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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