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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
8. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
20. Noisy quarrel.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. A light touch or stroke.
33. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
35. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
45. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
46. A strong emotion.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
51. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
52. In bed.
53. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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1. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A master's degree in business.
8. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
19. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. American novelist (1909-1955).
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
37. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
41. Common Indian weaverbird.
42. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
44. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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