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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An informal conversation.
15. 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.
16. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
17. How long something has existed.
18. An awkward stupid person.
20. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
25. English monk and scholar (672-735).
29. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
34. A radioactive transuranic element.
35. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. The template for protein synthesis.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. An informal debt instrument.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Highly excited.
3. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Excluded from use or mention.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
8. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ.
33. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
36. A Hindu prince or king in India.
38. Set down according to a plan.
39. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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