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1. In bed.
5. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
17. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Transient cessation of respiration.
27. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
36. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
48. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Very dark black.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
6. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
7. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Fallow deer.
10. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
26. Tag the base runner to get him out.
29. A bachelor's degree in science.
30. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
32. Type genus of the Gavidae.
33. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. Not divisible by two.
44. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
45. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
46. Informal terms for a mother.
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