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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Anything that serves as an enticement.
8. Inquire about.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
17. Before noon.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
20. Divulge information or secrets.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. Ground snakes.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The habitation of wild animals.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
52. Having the slant of a bevel.
53. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
54. The cry made by sheep.
55. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
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1. By bad luck.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
4. As the agent of or on someone's part.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. Singing jazz.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A Hindu prince or king in India.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
28. A light touch or stroke.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A state in New England.
32. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
42. Goddess of fate.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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