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1. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
4. On or toward the lee.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Extremely pleasing.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
19. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Rounded like an egg.
24. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. Half the width of an em.
28. Type genus of the Gavidae.
33. Framework for holding objects.
34. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
36. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
37. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
45. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
48. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Type genus of the Majidae.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. In bed.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. (British slang) Cafe.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. A change for the better.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
20. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
23. (Babylonian) The sky god.
25. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
29. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
31. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Jordan's port.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A city in northern India.
46. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
47. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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