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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
16. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. 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.
35. Lower in esteem.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. Having three dimensions.
44. A Loloish language.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. A flexible container with a single opening.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A form of Japanese poetry.
26. 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).
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
35. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Any plant of the genus Erica.
39. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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