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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. 10 grams.
11. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
12. Type genus of the Nepidae.
13. Step on it.
14. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
21. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
22. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
24. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
26. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
28. A doctor's degree in religion.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A light touch or stroke.
38. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Noisy talk.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
3. The closing section of a musical composition.
4. Black tropical American cuckoo.
5. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
6. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
9. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
10. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
33. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
34. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
37. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
38. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
42. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
44. God of the earth.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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