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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Largest known toad species.
8. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. Of the blackest black.
17. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. A member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
46. By bad luck.
48. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
49. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Jordan's port.
5. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
6. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Re-equip a factory or plant.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
22. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
28. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
29. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
38. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
40. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. The sign language used in the United States.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
46. Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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