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1. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Of or relating to near the ear.
12. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. An informal term for a father.
15. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
17. A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. The month following January and preceding March.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
35. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
36. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. The content of cognition.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
49. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
50. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
51. (informal) Of the highest quality.
52. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. The vein in the center of a leaf.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Toward the mouth or oral region.
16. A light touch or stroke.
18. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
26. The residue that remains when something is burned.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A covered passageway.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
34. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A small piece of cloth.
39. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
40. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
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