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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
15. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
16. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
22. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
24. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
26. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
29. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
30. A city of central China.
32. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. A state in southeastern United States.
40. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. Fiddler crabs.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. An enclosed space.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
55. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
4. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. The products of human creativity.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
10. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. A short synopsis.
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
25. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
33. A native of ancient Troy.
37. Wearing or provided with clothing.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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