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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
8. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
14. 43rd President of the United States.
15. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
26. God of death.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. 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).
30. Jordan's port.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
44. Singing jazz.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
49. Extremely pleasing.
50. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
51. Serving as or forming a base.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight.
3. The bill in a restaurant.
4. Material used to daub walls.
5. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
8. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A city in southeastern South Korea.
21. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
22. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. A state in northwestern North America.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Jordan's port.
38. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
39. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Type genus of the Anatidae.
42. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
46. A master's degree in fine arts.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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