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1. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. Not divisible by two.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
13. The month following February and preceding April.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
27. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
32. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
35. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
39. Jordan's port.
41. A branch of the Tai languages.
42. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
43. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A light touch or stroke.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
28. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
33. Well matched.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. A genus of Lamnidae.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Jordan's port.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
46. Failing to detonate.
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