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1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. An enclosed space.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
15. Tag the base runner to get him out.
16. The seed of the cereal grass.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. The cry made by sheep.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
33. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
34. State in northeastern India.
38. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. A boy or man.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. (informal) Exceptionally good.
51. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. A city in western Germany.
2. With rapid movements.
3. Two-year-old sheep.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. One thousandth of a second.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong.
25. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
28. A state in midwestern United States.
32. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
35. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. A woman of refinement.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. A Russian river.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
44. The month following March and preceding May.
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