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1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
7. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
11. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
12. That is to say.
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. An unofficial association of people or groups.
15. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
19. Before noon.
21. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. God of wealth and love.
26. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
32. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
33. A resource.
36. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. Any high mountain.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. An informal term for a father.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. An enclosed space.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
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1. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
2. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
3. The force of workers available.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A bachelor's degree in science.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A Spanish river.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
22. Informal terms for a mother.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. The cry made by sheep.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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