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1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. Type genus of the Majidae.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. An uproarious party.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. A shape that sags.
31. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
33. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
41. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. A light touch or stroke.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
10. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. A motley assortment of things.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A state in southeastern United States.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
45. A slight amount or degree of difference.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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