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1. Inquire about.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
16. God of death.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
21. Before noon.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
46. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
47. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. A young woman making her debut into society.
5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
6. Common Indian weaverbird.
7. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. A master's degree in fine arts.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. The cry made by sheep.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
39. A fraudulent business scheme.
40. Slightly open.
41. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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