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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. Being one more than fifty.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
29. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. The second largest city in Tunisia.
39. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
48. A French abbot.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
51. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
7. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
16. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
19. Arctic foxes.
22. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
24. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. South African term for `boss'.
45. A periodic paperback publication.
46. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
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