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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
8. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. The bill in a restaurant.
15. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. God of war and sky.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
33. The cry made by sheep.
36. American novelist (1909-1955).
39. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. A genus of Ploceidae.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. Being one more than two.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. Black tropical American cuckoo.
6. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
7. By bad luck.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Not only so, but.
16. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. The month following July and preceding September.
23. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
31. In bed.
32. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
34. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
35. Jordan's port.
37. A quantity that is added.
38. Make editorial changes (in a text).
40. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
41. Conforming to truth.
42. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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