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1. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
5. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
11. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. A tight-fitting headdress.
14. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
15. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
18. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. A Loloish language.
36. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
42. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
43. Long and thin and often limp.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
49. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
3. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
4. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
5. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
6. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
7. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. Being nine more than ninety.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
36. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. An endorsement.
39. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
40. English essayist (1775-1834).
41. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
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