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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. Singing jazz.
16. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
29. Made of fir or pine.
31. 35th President of the United States.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. The cry made by sheep.
47. Usually used in combination.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
50. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. How long something has existed.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
25. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
33. Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.
34. Informal terms for money.
35. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
39. Shout loudly and without restraint.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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