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1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
19. A state in New England.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A castrated tomcat.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. A dyed fabric.
2. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. An elaborate song for solo voice.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
20. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A master's degree in business.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A decree that prohibits something.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. A genus of Lamnidae.
36. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
41. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A Russian river.
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