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1. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. A humorous anecdote or remark.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
22. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
40. South African term for `boss'.
44. An accidental happening.
45. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
50. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. How long something has existed.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Traveling by foot.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. 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.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. Big-eyed scad.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
26. Before noon.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. 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.
38. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
43. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
46. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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