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1. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
11. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
14. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
16. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
17. A person forced to flee from home or country.
18. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
21. A Loloish language.
23. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
26. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
53. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
54. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
3. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
4. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
10. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
15. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
20. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
25. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. The month following January and preceding March.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. A master's degree in education.
46. A doctor's degree in religion.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. A state in New England.
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