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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
11. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
15. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
16. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
17. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
18. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. A Mid-Atlantic state.
24. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
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1. Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
10. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A light touch or stroke.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
40. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A state in New England.
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