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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
8. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
16. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
18. A light touch or stroke.
20. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
32. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Remove completely from recognition or memory.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
55. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. A radioactive transuranic element.
8. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
10. An informal term for a father.
15. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
27. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
29. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
39. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
40. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
41. Food for domestic livestock.
42. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
43. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
44. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
50. A state in southeastern United States.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. 1/10 gram.
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