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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. How long something has existed.
12. A branch of the Tai languages.
13. An awkward stupid person.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
17. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. (combining form) Former.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. An informal term for a father.
48. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
50. A master's degree in business.
51. The act of using.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
53. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Advanced in years.
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
9. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
10. The second largest city in Tunisia.
16. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
18. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
19. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
36. One thousand grams.
38. A book of the New Testament.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
47. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
48. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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