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1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. 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.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
24. The content of cognition.
26. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
29. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A light touch or stroke.
44. A doctor's degree in music.
47. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
48. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
49. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A quantity of no importance.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
5. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
21. A city in north central Nigeria.
23. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
25. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A native of ancient Troy.
33. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
37. Type genus of the Amiidae.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A city in northern India.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. Goddess of fate.
46. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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