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1. A city in north central Morocco.
4. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
8. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. A small vessel for travel on water.
13. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
14. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
15. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. Short and fat.
27. Type genus of the Soleidae.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. South African term for `boss'.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
37. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Using speech rather than writing.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
2. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
3. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
4. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
5. A state of southwestern India.
6. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
7. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
8. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
9. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
10. Loose or flaccid body fat.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
38. Divulge information or secrets.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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