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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. The capital of Croatia.
28. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
29. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. (informal) Roused to anger.
43. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
46. The month following February and preceding April.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
50. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
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1. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. Jordan's port.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
21. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
26. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
27. The cry made by sheep.
32. The fourth or lowest deck.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
35. Affect with wonder.
36. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. 10 grams.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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