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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. Something acquired without compensation.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
15. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
16. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
17. Jordan's port.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
36. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. The cry made by sheep.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
53. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. Marked by casual disrespect.
7. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
8. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
24. One million periods per second.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
42. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A city in northern India.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
49. Enlarged prostate.
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