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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
5. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
13. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
14. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. A state of southwestern India.
17. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
18. A French abbot.
22. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
24. Not in good physical or mental health.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A deep bow.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. 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.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
2. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. Divulge information or secrets.
6. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
7. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
8. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
9. Garlic mayonnaise.
10. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. 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.
21. By bad luck.
23. A fraudulent business scheme.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Covered with paving material.
31. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. An informal term for a father.
41. The bill in a restaurant.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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