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1. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
13. A light touch or stroke.
14. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
15. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
17. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A byproduct of inflammation.
26. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
27. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
36. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
50. A fraudulent business scheme.
51. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. 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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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
8. A doctor's degree in optometry.
9. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
10. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
16. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
25. An informal term for a father.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. One million periods per second.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A motley assortment of things.
39. In bed.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
42. Fallow deer.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
47. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
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