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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. In bed.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. With no effort to conceal.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
16. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
19. The content of cognition.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
22. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
37. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
52. Noisy talk.
53. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
54. An uproarious party.
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1. Not final or absolute.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
20. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
23. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Covered with scabs.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Type genus of the Percidae.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
39. A beckoning gesture.
40. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
41. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
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