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1. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
4. In bed.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. How long something has existed.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
16. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
34. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
44. Wool of the alpaca.
46. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
49. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
50. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Advanced in years.
3. Not only so, but.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. Before noon.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
35. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
36. Lower in esteem.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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