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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. 10 grams.
8. Inquire about.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Lacking excess flesh.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
23. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A large fleet.
42. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
45. A Loloish language.
47. A periodic paperback publication.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. Set down according to a plan.
50. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
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1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
19. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
25. An informal term for a father.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
32. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
33. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
35. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
36. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
37. Toward the mouth or oral region.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
43. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. An expression of greeting.
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