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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
8. A resource.
11. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. The month following February and preceding April.
14. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
16. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
17. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
18. 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.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
25. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
29. Any of various units of capacity.
31. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. In bed.
45. Extremely pleasing.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. With no effort to conceal.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
50. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
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1. (British) Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit.
2. In addition.
3. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
4. An informal conversation.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. A state in north central United States.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
10. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
15. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A French abbot.
38. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
44. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
45. Extremely pleasing.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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