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1. A large number or amount.
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
8. Inquire about.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. How long something has existed.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
15. Characteristic of false pride.
17. Before noon.
18. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
19. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
21. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
38. A young woman making her debut into society.
42. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. Offering fun and gaiety.
49. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
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1. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A warning against certain acts.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. Singing jazz.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
22. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
28. An accountant certified by the state.
29. A state in the eastern United States.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
33. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
37. Wearing or provided with clothing.
38. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. 10 grams.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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