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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A thrusting blow with a knife.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
13. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
14. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
15. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. Of time long past.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. By bad luck.
32. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
34. A white trivalent metallic element.
35. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
39. Being one more than one.
41. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. A bottle with a stopper.
45. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
5. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
6. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
7. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
20. 10 grams.
23. Type genus of the Anatidae.
25. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
26. Soft creamy white cheese.
28. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. An internal representation of the world.
33. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
36. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
37. The capital of Morocco.
38. Any plant of the genus Erica.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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