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1. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
4. A three-year law degree.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. Take in solid food.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. Before noon.
16. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
17. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. A large fleet.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Jutting or overhanging.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
48. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
49. A doctor's degree in education.
50. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
51. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. God of the Underworld.
3. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
4. Having leaves or leaves as specified.
5. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
6. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
7. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
8. 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.
9. Largest known toad species.
10. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
15. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
18. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
19. One thousand grams.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
33. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
34. Very dark black.
36. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A slight amount or degree of difference.
43. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
44. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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