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1. A French abbot.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
15. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
23. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Jordan's port.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. A bachelor's degree in theology.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An unofficial association of people or groups.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. A large fleet.
6. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
7. A shape that sags.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. Russian country house.
35. A Loloish language.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. By bad luck.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
43. A master's degree in business.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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