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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. The last (12th) month of the year.
25. The cry made by sheep.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
35. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
47. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
48. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
49. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
50. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
51. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. God of the underworld.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
34. Lower in esteem.
36. Make less active or intense.
39. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
40. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
44. 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.
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