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1. Take in solid food.
4. Derive or receive pleasure from.
8. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
11. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
12. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
13. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
14. A period of time spent sleeping.
15. With no effort to conceal.
16. Towards the side away from the wind.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
27. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
34. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
53. A city in northern India.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
4. Top part of an apron.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
7. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The content of cognition.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
22. Before noon.
23. An informal term for a father.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
44. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
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