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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. Flat tableland with steep edges.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. Gone by.
12. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
16. An East Indian sailor.
18. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
27. A form of address for a man.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
50. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
4. One millionth of a gram.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A deep bow.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
10. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
22. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
24. (informal) Exceptionally good.
26. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
29. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. A decree that prohibits something.
33. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
35. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
37. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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