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1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. The month following March and preceding May.
12. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. (Babylonian) The sky god.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
25. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Thrown together in a pile.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
4. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
5. Being one more than sixty.
6. A resource.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Long and thin and often limp.
10. Largest known toad species.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
23. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. A light touch or stroke.
30. A boy or man.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. A small piece of cloth.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
44. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
46. A slight amount or degree of difference.
48. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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