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1. In bed.
5. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
17. An accidental happening.
19. (formal) A person who announces important news.
22. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
34. The superior of an abbey of monks.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. One million periods per second.
39. Fallow deer.
42. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
46. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
47. Water frozen in the solid state.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. A large fleet.
9. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. Source of a tough elastic wood.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. Extremely pleasing.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. A state in northwestern North America.
30. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
33. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
35. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
36. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
40. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
41. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
43. The basic unit of money in Romania.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. Seed of a pea plant.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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