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1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
4. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. Make anew.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. A periodic paperback publication.
26. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
42. Used of men.
44. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
47. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
49. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. (informal) Of the highest quality.
52. Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A French abbot.
3. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
4. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
5. A unit of resistance equal to one million ohms.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. (informal) Roused to anger.
28. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
36. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
37. A special loved one.
40. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
45. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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