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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. A port in southwestern Scotland.
15. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
27. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
36. An associate degree in applied science.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. 10 grams.
49. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
6. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
10. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. By bad luck.
23. In bed.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
30. Half the width of an em.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. The cry made by sheep.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
46. 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.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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