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1. (of music) Characteristic of rural life.
5. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
14. Divulge information or secrets.
15. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
16. Having a long narrow cut.
17. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
18. Before noon.
20. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
21. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. The sacred city of Lamaism.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
34. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
49. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
51. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A deliberately false or improbable account.
2. A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
6. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. In addition.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. Overgrown with ivy.
10. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. In bed.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A city in northern India.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. Conforming to truth.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
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