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1. Enlarged prostate.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. Top part of an apron.
11. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. Weapons considered collectively.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
25. Force or compel somebody to do something.
27. A cloth having a crisscross design.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. An enclosed space.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A state in northwestern North America.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. The lowest brass wind instrument.
55. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A republic in western South America.
3. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
4. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A bachelor's degree in religion.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
15. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
23. Flat tableland with steep edges.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
35. Jordan's port.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. The state of owing money.
41. A Loloish language.
42. A quantity of no importance.
45. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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