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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Extremely pleasing.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. A large number or amount.
23. A magic power or magic spell.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
34. A master's degree in fine arts.
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
47. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
51. Having leadership guidance.
52. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
4. An uproarious party.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
9. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
10. South African term for `boss'.
16. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. An informal conversation.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
25. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
27. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. A small piece of cloth.
40. In bed.
41. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
47. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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