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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A white trivalent metallic element.
7. Deeply moved.
11. God of love and erotic desire.
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. The content of cognition.
14. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
15. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. English highwayman (1706-1739).
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
21. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
27. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
30. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
31. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
36. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
38. Leave a camp.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
50. A city in the European part of Russia.
51. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. An informal term for a father.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
2. Type genus of the family Paridae.
3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. The act of scanning.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. A state in New England.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. Any of various units of capacity.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. Very dark black.
40. A doctor's degree in music.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
44. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
48. (informal) Roused to anger.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
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