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1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
8. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Being one more than two.
14. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
15. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. The residue that remains when something is burned.
24. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
28. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A light touch or stroke.
40. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
48. Extremely pleasing.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. How long something has existed.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
9. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
10. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
20. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. 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.
42. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
45. A master's degree in fine arts.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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