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1. Informal terms for a mother.
4. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. British informal term.
14. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Take in solid food.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. God of wealth and love.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. Type genus of the Gavidae.
41. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
46. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A teeming multitude.
49. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
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1. Flat tableland with steep edges.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. Tag the base runner to get him out.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
28. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
33. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
34. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Characteristic of false pride.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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