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1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
4. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
12. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. An audiotape recording of sound.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. A branch of the Tai languages.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
46. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
52. Tag the base runner to get him out.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
4. A radioactive transuranic element.
5. A resource.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. Take in solid food.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
22. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
24. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
25. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A genus of Lamnidae.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
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