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1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
17. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
20. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
23. 35th President of the United States.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
39. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. The probability of a specified outcome.
48. A decree that prohibits something.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
4. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
9. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
10. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
16. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
18. The basic unit of money in Panama.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. The superior of a group of nuns.
28. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
31. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
40. An informal term for a father.
42. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
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