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1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
12. In bed.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
26. 16 ounces.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. 35th President of the United States.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
43. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
50. A master's degree in business.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
53. A light touch or stroke.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
7. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
18. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
20. A resource.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. Type genus of the Majidae.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. One thousand periods per second.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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