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1. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
4. Inquire about.
7. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. A shape that sags.
16. 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.
17. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. The capital and largest city of Iran.
30. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
46. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. The quantity contained in a keg.
7. A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.
8. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The basic unit of money in Macao.
19. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. A native of ancient Troy.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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