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1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
5. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. A rapid bustling commotion.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. Unknown god.
24. Call upon in supplication.
27. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
46. A Hindu prince or king in India.
48. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
49. Baby bed with high sides.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
5. A quantity of no importance.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
23. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. Slightly open.
42. An informal term for a father.
44. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A state in midwestern United States.
51. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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