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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
14. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
16. Highly excited.
17. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
18. A person forced to flee from home or country.
19. Refuse to acknowledge.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. Jordan's port.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
54. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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1. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
2. Young of domestic cattle.
3. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
8. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
9. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
10. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
22. A Hindu prince or king in India.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Slightly wet.
44. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. Water frozen in the solid state.
48. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
50. Being nine more than forty.
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