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1. How long something has existed.
4. Look at with amorous intentions.
8. An informal term for a father.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
16. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Half the width of an em.
38. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
42. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
46. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Black tropical American cuckoo.
52. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
53. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
54. An enclosed space.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. Capital of Armenia.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
9. Advanced in years.
10. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
17. The cry made by sheep.
19. Serving as or forming a base.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. A person forced to flee from home or country.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
39. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
40. Of or relating to near the ear.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Type genus of the Ranidae.
44. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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