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1. The act of scanning.
5. A federally chartered savings bank.
8. An enclosed space.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
17. Free from dirt or impurities.
20. A light touch or stroke.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A telephone connection.
3. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
4. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
5. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
8. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
18. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
25. Extremely pleasing.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
40. Offering fun and gaiety.
42. God of love and erotic desire.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. An awkward stupid person.
49. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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