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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. Fallow deer.
13. Considerate and solicitous care.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Make a plat of.
16. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Before noon.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
38. The cry made by sheep.
39. Set down according to a plan.
41. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
44. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
47. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
51. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A Russian river.
54. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
55. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
56. The act of scanning.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
7. An audiotape recording of sound.
8. A heavy precious metallic element.
9. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
10. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
20. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
26. Being one more than fifty.
27. 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 pass between mountain peaks.
31. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
40. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. God of love and erotic desire.
48. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
49. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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