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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A thrusting blow with a knife.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
12. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Before noon.
15. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. Look with amazement.
20. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
22. Take in solid food.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
28. The capital of Croatia.
30. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. Toward the mouth or oral region.
46. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
47. Adult female chicken.
49. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
50. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
53. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. A public promotion of some product or service.
4. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
5. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
6. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
7. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A German city near Leipzig.
19. The basic unit of money in Macao.
21. A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809).
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
35. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
36. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
38. In bed.
39. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
41. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
48. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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