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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
15. A river in western Asia.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A state in northwestern North America.
19. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
23. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
25. (informal) Exceptionally good.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
49. Using speech rather than writing.
50. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
51. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
5. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
6. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
7. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. The month following July and preceding September.
20. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
24. A master's degree in business.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
45. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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