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1. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
11. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. A column of light (as from a beacon).
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
16. Any plant of the genus Erica.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A French abbot.
26. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. The face or front of a building.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
42. Largest known toad species.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
48. How long something has existed.
50. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
51. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
3. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
4. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. The eighth month of the civil year.
18. Offering fun and gaiety.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
25. Ruffed grouse.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
33. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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