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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. Young of domestic cattle.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
12. In bed.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. (informal) Of the highest quality.
15. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
22. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
29. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
35. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
41. Before noon.
42. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
7. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
25. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. A soft silvery metallic element.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
37. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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