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1. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. Inquire about.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
19. Before noon.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
28. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Divulge information or secrets.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
45. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
49. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
50. An unofficial association of people or groups.
51. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. A small tuft or lock.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Crowd or pack to capacity.
7. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. An Asian temple.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
33. (botany) Especially of leaves.
34. Lower in esteem.
36. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
39. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
41. The products of human creativity.
43. (British) Your grandmother.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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