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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. A genus of Platalea.
27. A city in northeastern Ohio.
31. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
35. A light touch or stroke.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
50. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
53. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. 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.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
19. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
21. An informal term for a father.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Jordan's port.
26. A son who has the same first name as his father.
28. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
29. In operation or operational.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. Lower in esteem.
37. 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.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
39. A vigorous blow.
41. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
42. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
43. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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