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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
24. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
27. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
30. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
31. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. The cry made by sheep.
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
47. The month following February and preceding April.
48. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
51. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. A Russian river.
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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. An uproarious party.
5. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. Wool of the alpaca.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
15. Fallow deer.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
39. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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