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1. Closely confined.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A shape that sags.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
3. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
4. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
9. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
10. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
20. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. A castrated tomcat.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A motley assortment of things.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. 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.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. South African term for `boss'.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
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