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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Type genus of the Apidae.
8. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The act of scanning.
16. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. Being six more than fifty.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. The month following January and preceding March.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
51. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
53. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
54. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
55. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
56. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
9. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
10. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
22. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
29. Top part of an apron.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Very dark black.
42. South African term for `boss'.
44. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
45. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. Seed of a pea plant.
49. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
52. A soft silvery metallic element.
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