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1. Take in solid food.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
7. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
11. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. A period of time spent sleeping.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A Hindu prince or king in India.
20. Before noon.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
29. Late time of life.
32. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Any of various units of capacity.
47. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
6. Some point in the air.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. 10 grams.
22. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
24. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
34. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
35. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A bachelor's degree in religion.
52. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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