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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
5. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. The cry made by sheep.
24. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
25. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
33. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
36. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
43. A humorous anecdote or remark.
46. An audiotape recording of sound.
48. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
49. Used of a single unit or thing.
50. With no effort to conceal.
51. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
2. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. An informal conversation.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. An informal term for a father.
27. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
28. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
29. (combining form) Former.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
35. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
44. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
45. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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