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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
11. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. Deprive (infants) of mother's milk.
15. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
17. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A master's degree in fine arts.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A bottle with a stopper.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. 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.
41. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
48. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. (British) Street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.
2. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
8. A large number or amount.
9. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
10. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
35. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
36. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. A light touch or stroke.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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