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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
15. A thrusting blow with a knife.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Singing jazz.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
26. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
27. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. Being two more than fifty.
46. English monk and scholar (672-735).
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
5. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
6. Not only so, but.
7. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
25. Two items of the same kind.
28. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
34. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
42. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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