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1. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
5. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
8. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. God of wealth and love.
26. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. A police officer who investigates crimes.
48. A port in southwestern Scotland.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. In or of the month preceding the present one.
52. An Eskimo hut.
53. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A boy or man.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
35. Excessively fat.
36. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
38. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. 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.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. The products of human creativity.
45. Not in good physical or mental health.
46. The basic unit of money in Romania.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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