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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. A thrusting blow with a knife.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. A genus of Mustelidae.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Jordan's port.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
28. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
32. (informal) Exceptionally good.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. In or of the month preceding the present one.
49. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
52. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
53. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. East Indian annual erect herb.
5. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. An informal conversation.
22. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
31. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
38. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
39. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. Call upon in supplication.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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