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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
7. A Loloish language.
11. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
14. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
15. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
21. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
22. A fraudulent business scheme.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
42. Type genus of the Ranidae.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. (Babylonian) The sky god.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
4. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
10. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
17. A large fleet.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A resource.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Half the width of an em.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. Set down according to a plan.
39. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
44. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
45. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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