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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
15. Humble request for help.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
25. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. A master's degree in business.
35. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
38. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Of or relating to or near the nares.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Having been read.
2. Soft creamy white cheese.
3. A bottle with a stopper.
4. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
5. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
6. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
7. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
8. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. Similar or related in quality or character.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. Jordan's port.
37. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. The fatty flesh of eel.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. A radioactive transuranic element.
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