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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
12. A master's degree in business.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. How long something has existed.
16. Informal terms for a mother.
17. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. In bed.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
35. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
40. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
44. The basic unit of money on Malta.
45. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
47. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A low heavy horsecart without sides.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. Of or relating to or containing iron.
4. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
5. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
8. Before noon.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A young woman making her debut into society.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. A state in New England.
29. An insane person.
31. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
38. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
39. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
41. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
42. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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