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1. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
4. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
8. A small piece of cloth.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
18. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
19. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
32. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
37. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. The month following January and preceding March.
47. Highly excited.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (prefix) Outside or outer.
2. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
3. Extremely pleasing.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A tight-fitting headdress.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
10. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Jordan's port.
36. In bed.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A Russian river.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
42. How long something has existed.
43. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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