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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. (British) Your grandmother.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. In bed.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. Using speech rather than writing.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
51. A master's degree in fine arts.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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1. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
2. Loose or flaccid body fat.
3. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A city in northern India.
10. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A radioactive transuranic element.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
38. Divulge information or secrets.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A small piece of cloth.
41. The highest level or degree attainable.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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