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1. Especially one side of a leaf.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. A republic in central Europe.
11. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
12. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A neutral middle vowel.
21. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
24. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
26. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
28. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
32. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
43. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
46. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
47. An informal term for a father.
49. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
50. Being one more than one.
51. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
5. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. Loose or flaccid body fat.
9. Located in or toward the back or rear.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
19. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
20. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
22. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
23. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
25. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Of or relating to bionics.
36. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. An informal term for a father.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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