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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
11. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
15. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
18. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. The sign language used in the United States.
41. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. Fallow deer.
45. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
46. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A bachelor's degree in theology.
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1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
2. A Russian river.
3. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
4. Jordan's port.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
8. A state of northeastern India.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A resource.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
44. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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