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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
11. An affirmative.
12. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. (British) Your grandmother.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
19. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
21. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
34. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. Stalk of a moss capsule.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
49. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
50. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
2. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
20. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
23. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. 1 species.
32. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. The residue that remains when something is burned.
43. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
44. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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