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1. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
4. The act of scanning.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
12. God of death.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
19. Lower in esteem.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
28. A fraudulent business scheme.
30. Moderate or restrain.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
48. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. How long something has existed.
51. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. Having much flesh (especially fat).
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
3. A bluish shade of green.
4. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
5. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
6. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
9. By bad luck.
10. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Loose or flaccid body fat.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Seed of a pea plant.
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