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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
5. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Lower in esteem.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
27. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
31. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
32. South African term for `boss'.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A master's degree in business.
35. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. 10 grams.
46. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
49. A city in the European part of Russia.
50. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
51. In bed.
52. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. An Anatolian language.
8. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
9. By bad luck.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. The British system of withholding tax.
25. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
26. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
36. Common Indian weaverbird.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
42. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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