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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. Offering fun and gaiety.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. In bed.
13. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. Slightly open.
23. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
48. The bill in a restaurant.
52. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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1. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
4. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
19. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
22. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
24. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
45. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
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