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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
11. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
12. Minor or subordinate.
13. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
14. A city in northwestern Syria.
15. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
17. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
18. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
20. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
21. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
22. Wood of a sumac.
25. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
29. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
30. American novelist (1909-1955).
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. 1 species.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
7. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
8. One thousand grams.
9. The twelfth month of the civil year.
10. A genus of Mustelidae.
16. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
23. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. God of love and erotic desire.
40. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
41. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The month following July and preceding September.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. An awkward stupid person.
49. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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