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1. Top part of an apron.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. Using speech rather than writing.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. A humorous anecdote or remark.
17. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. Lower in esteem.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. The fatty flesh of eel.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
34. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
38. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. A loss of will power.
43. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
46. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
50. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. The eighth month of the civil year.
3. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
4. An uproarious party.
5. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. By bad luck.
10. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Before noon.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
35. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. The highest level or degree attainable.
42. Divulge information or secrets.
44. An accountant certified by the state.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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