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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Botfly larva.
7. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
14. Extremely pleasing.
15. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
16. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
19. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
20. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
23. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
50. A fraudulent business scheme.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
53. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
54. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. A large fleet.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. Very dark black.
38. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
39. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
41. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
42. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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