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1. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
5. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A French abbot.
15. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. An accountant certified by the state.
38. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
40. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
50. In bed.
51. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
52. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. Take in solid food.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
4. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
5. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. An informal term for a father.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
35. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
36. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
37. A genus of Ploceidae.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Not widely known.
42. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
43. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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