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1. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
4. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
16. A slight amount or degree of difference.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. A long-playing phonograph record.
20. Extremely pleasing.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
34. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
37. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
39. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A person to whom money is paid.
47. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
48. Half the width of an em.
49. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A sudden numbing dread.
2. Strike sharply.
3. A light touch or stroke.
4. The longest division of geological time.
5. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
6. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
7. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
21. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
22. A New England state.
23. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. Being one more than one.
27. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
38. The cry made by sheep.
40. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
41. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
42. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
44. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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