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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. By bad luck.
19. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. Half the width of an em.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
28. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
31. 1/10 gram.
32. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
36. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
37. A stiff straw hat with a flat crown.
40. A formal expression of praise.
43. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
49. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. A form of address for a man.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
3. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A bottle with a stopper.
6. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
7. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A large bonnet that shades the face.
20. A Russian river.
24. With rapid movements.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. Not only so, but.
35. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
50. A bachelor's degree in religion.
51. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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