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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
16. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
21. A young woman making her debut into society.
24. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
26. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
41. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. How long something has existed.
49. Using speech rather than writing.
50. The bill in a restaurant.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
4. A very small circular shape.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. A magic power or magic spell.
9. Singing jazz.
10. Common Indian weaverbird.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. 36th President of the United States.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
33. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
35. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
36. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A doctor's degree in education.
46. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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