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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. A woman religious.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
26. A telegram sent abroad.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A light touch or stroke.
38. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
51. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
52. In bed.
53. (informal) Of the highest quality.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. Before noon.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. The dull explosive noise made by an engine.
7. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
8. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. 16 ounces.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
40. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An enclosed space.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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