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1. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
5. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
16. Divulge information or secrets.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria.
39. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A human female who does housework.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
51. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. American dramatist (1928- ).
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
10. The state of owing money.
18. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
19. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
31. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
38. Having been read.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. A Russian river.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. The square of a body of any size of type.
49. 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.
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