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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A blind god.
8. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
11. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
12. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
13. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
14. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
15. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. Having removed clothing.
28. United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. English monk and scholar (672-735).
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. English monk and scholar (672-735).
55. A flexible container with a single opening.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
4. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
5. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
6. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
7. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. Especially one side of a leaf.
10. Indicating the most important performer or role.
18. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
20. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
22. Indigo bush.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. Negation of a word or group of words.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
44. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
48. Having been taken in marriage.
49. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
51. A Russian river.
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