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1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
15. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
24. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
26. Noisy talk.
27. Belonging to some prior time.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. A deep bow.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
51. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
5. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
6. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
21. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
23. A state in northwestern North America.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
32. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. Largest known toad species.
37. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. A French abbot.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. South African term for `boss'.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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