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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. A three-year law degree.
14. Stalk of a moss capsule.
16. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
18. The act of scanning.
20. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
21. Inability to walk.
23. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. Very dark black.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
51. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
52. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
53. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
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1. Occurring widely (as to many people).
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
8. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
9. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
10. A slender double-reed instrument.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. An enclosed space.
33. The fourth or lowest deck.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. Grind together, of teeth.
36. A populous province in northeastern China.
37. Someone whose business is advertising.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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