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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
5. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
8. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
11. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
14. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
18. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
19. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
34. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
36. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. A young woman making her debut into society.
48. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
2. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
3. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
4. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
7. The seventh and last day of the week.
8. A radioactive transuranic element.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
16. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
29. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
30. A large fleet.
32. Suggestive of the supernatural.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. 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.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. A state in midwestern United States.
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