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1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. Humble request for help.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
15. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
27. An accountant certified by the state.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
35. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. Jordan's port.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. A boy or man.
51. (informal) Exceptionally good.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
40. 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.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. 16 ounces.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
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