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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. The sign language used in the United States.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. In bed.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A sweet innocent baby.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. Jordan's port.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
34. A light touch or stroke.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. Stay clear from.
45. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
46. God of fire.
49. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
21. A small nail.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
26. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
30. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. Type genus of the Caviidae.
33. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
35. Of or relating to or involving an area.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
41. Not divisible by two.
42. 10 grams.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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