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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
5. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
7. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
11. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
12. A long-playing phonograph record.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
15. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
16. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
28. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
31. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
36. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
44. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
45. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
48. Not only so, but.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
5. One of the common people.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. The act of scanning.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
33. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
34. Having the slant of a bevel.
35. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
37. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. The cry made by sheep.
42. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
43. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
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