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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
15. In bed.
18. Jordan's port.
20. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
26. A French abbot.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. God of death.
37. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
38. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
50. A bachelor's degree in library science.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
53. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
54. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
55. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
4. Jordan's port.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. An informal term for a father.
19. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
36. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
40. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
41. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
42. A Loloish language.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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