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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. In bed.
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A bachelor's degree in theology.
24. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
29. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
31. British composer (1857-1934).
34. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
35. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
43. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
44. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. A shape that sags.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. Female equine animal.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
18. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
19. A protective structure resembling a scale.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
25. A master's degree in business.
26. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
27. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
28. The capital of Croatia.
30. A motley assortment of things.
32. Of a pale purple color.
33. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
40. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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