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1. Having only superficial plausibility.
4. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
19. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
22. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. Top part of an apron.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
49. Serving as an essential component.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
38. Suggestive of the supernatural.
40. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. Considerate and solicitous care.
44. A light touch or stroke.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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