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1. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
16. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Not widely known.
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. The content of cognition.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. A young woman making her debut into society.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
43. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. Tag the base runner to get him out.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. 16 ounces.
6. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
7. Away from the mouth or oral region.
8. 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.
9. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
10. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A state in New England.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
44. A master's degree in business.
45. A light touch or stroke.
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