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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
5. 1/10 gram.
7. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
11. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
15. A light touch or stroke.
17. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. The residue that remains when something is burned.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
46. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
50. A city in the European part of Russia.
51. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
53. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
54. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
55. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
3. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
4. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
9. Singing jazz.
10. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
16. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
24. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
26. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
27. Type genus of the Anatidae.
29. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
37. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
38. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
42. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A tight-fitting headdress.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A doctor's degree in education.
50. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
52. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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