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1. In bed.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. The probability of a specified outcome.
11. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. An accidental happening.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Extremely pleasing.
23. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
25. A rapid bustling commotion.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. The cry made by sheep.
33. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
35. 1/10 gram.
37. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
38. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
39. The face or front of a building.
42. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
47. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
8. The habitation of wild animals.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
19. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. An uproarious party.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
36. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The food served and eaten at one time.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. An associate degree in nursing.
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