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1. An informal term for a father.
5. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Type genus of the Amiidae.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
18. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. Make less active or intense.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
37. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
38. A native-born Israeli.
43. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
48. In a competent capable manner.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
51. The specified day of the month.
52. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
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1. Slightly wet.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
6. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
7. How long something has existed.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
24. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
34. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
35. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
36. Lower in esteem.
37. How long something has existed.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
42. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
44. The seed of the cereal grass.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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