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1. An informal term for a father.
5. A local computer network for communication between computers.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Not widely known.
15. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
18. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
26. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
29. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. (combining form) Former.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
42. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
43. 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.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. In bed.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Jordan's port.
3. Living quarters at a college or university where students live.
4. Used of a single unit or thing.
5. United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940).
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
9. By bad luck.
10. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. The second largest city in Tunisia.
24. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
30. An Anatolian language.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. 16 ounces.
40. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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